I searched the Prospect Ponds Natural Area in Fort Collins today (Sept 19) after seeing a report of a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron on the ABA Rare Bird Alert and luckily, I found not one, but two of them. I found them in some cottonwoods at edge of Merganser Pond which is the northern -most pond of the natural area. The best view was from the Poudre River Trail at the 4.75 mile mark indicated by a small blue sign on the side of the trail. Nick Komar sent me a map of the spot but it's not usable. (Can you post it here Nick?) Here's a couple of photos: Yellow-crowned Night-Heron: https://www.flickr.com/photos/122221383@N05/15106987900/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/122221383@N05/15106986300/
As part of my search for the YCNH I explored nearby Running Deer NA and saw 15 Snipe circling the wetlands there. Shot some photos and after looking at them I came across an intriguing bird. The underwing pattern of this snipe comes close the pattern shown by Common Snipe. The Common Snipe should show two white bars, white edging on the secondaries and fine lines along the flanks. I can see two indistinct white bars but no secondary edging and the flank barring? I'm not sure. Does anybody have any comments? Snipe: https://www.flickr.com/photos/122221383@N05/15290682261/ David Wade Fort Collins, CO -- 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/5aa684be-13d4-4d14-a19d-ca0257ed762d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
