While doing a bird survey for the city this morning on the Peschel Property just east of County Line Road in Longmont, my partner and I spotted two White Pelicans flying east over the St. Vrain. This property is part of the Longmont Greenway but it suffered severe damage in the 2013 floods so the trail between Peschel and Sandstone Ranch is closed for now.
The floods created numerous sandbars and ponds along the St. Vrain out there and we had at least 5 American Avocets, several Green-wing teal, Blue-wing Teal, Cinnamon Teal, Gadwall, one Greater Yellowlegs, scads of Mallards,many Kildeer and one very young Canada Goose gosling with its parents. There are at least 4 Ring-necked Pheasant on the property and even though most of the trail is now closed off due to flood damage, there is a small parking lot (south of Hwy 119 on County Line Road) and from the parking lot, you can hear, if not see them from time to time. From the bit of sidewalk that is still open, you can see the Bald Eagle nest on the St. Vrain. Kat Bradley-Bennett Longmont -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/326584fa-9bf9-42b7-b7b7-87a073fa653c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
