The saga gets even more interesting next week as McIntosh will be partially drained for outlet gate repairs. Good for shorebirds? Not so good for loon??
http://www.ci.longmont.co.us/news/longmont/newsletters/2010/082710.htm Scott Severs Longmont On Aug 27, 5:25 pm, Robert Zilly <bzbir...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I just returned from watching the Big Mac Pac Loon and it was diving > frequently. Many of the dives were very short, 1 - 4 seconds. A few were > closer to 10 seconds and one time when I got to 20 seconds I looked around > and realized it had swum out of view while under. It was also spending a lot > of time simply holding its head under. The clartity of the water was rather > poor. You cannot see the bottom three feet from shore. There was just a > slight breeeze and it was only making a ripple on the surface. I wonder if > its behavior could be due to the water conditions rather than illness of > injury? > > I also found a City of Longmont doc which states that fishermen could expect > to catch carp, walleye, and crappie. And the shoreline has always been > popular with large waders like Great Egret and Great-blue Heron. > > Bob Zilly, > Longmont -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobi...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
