Bob Righter periodically sends us an historical gem; here's one that appeared in the Nov. 23 2009 issue of High Country News, attributed to a 1995 publication, just reissued, by Fred Quartarone, who interviewed 111 old-timers about endangered Colorado River fish, "Historical Accounts of Upper Colorado River Basin Endangered Fish." Web site: ColoradoRiverRecovery.fws.gov
"Chuck Mack, of Craig, Colo. tells that, during the early 1950's on the Green River near Lodore Canyon: He watched as baby cliff swallows--eager to leave their nests--flapped their wings hard but often flopped down into the water. 'Every big squawfish in the Green River must have migrated to the canyon to feast on the swallows because we sure caught a lot of them. We managed to land a lot of 10 to 20 pounders (and) everyone that we gutted out had a stomach plumb full of baby swallows!" Hugh Kingery -- Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en
