If you would share, what is the general crossroad of WCR 59 marsh? I have not heard of WCR 59 marsh.
On Saturday, March 24, 2018 at 5:38:57 PM UTC-6, William Kaempfer wrote: > > Today I took the time to enjoy the mild March weather with an excursion to > Weld County. Joined by John Vanderpoel and Cameron Boyd, we started by > birding Glenmere Park in Greeley. Pretty normal stuff until we finally hit > a passerine flock at the end with one each of Red- and White-breasted > Nuthatches and a Golden=crowned Kinglet. On to the WCR 59 marsh where lots > of ducks were evident including some stunning and recently arrived Cinnamon > Teal. All of the shorebirds to be found were on the west side where lots > of Killdeer were joined by a pair of Wilson’s Snipe and single Greater > Yellowlegs and Baird’s Sandpiper. A single Ring-necked Pheasant called and > then flushed from the marsh. > > > > Loloff had even more ducks, and unlike WCR 59, the focus was on divers > with Canvasback, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup and Ruddy Duck all > present. The scaup were the most abundant of these, but tried as we did, > we couldn’t call any Greater. A large flock of several hundred Cackling > Geese was a nice contrast. Also present were another single Greater > Yellowlegs and a pair of Great-tailed Grackles. At this point, Cameron had > to head for home and I proposed heading on to Ft. Morgan. John took the > bait, and we were off. > > > > Our hope was to visit the east side of Riverside Park to try again for > Winter Wren. Success this time as the bird called and sang repeatedly from > the cattails in the creek that heads west from the spot first described by > Norm Lewis about 2 months ago—the 9th hole of the Frisbee golf course. > As we lest the spot, John picked out a late Norther Shrike. > > > > Finally we stopped at Jackson Reservoir; a very full, white-capped covered > and not particularly birdy Jackson Reservoir. The little pond opposite the > lakeside community had a pair of Horned Grebes, one already molted into > alternate plumage and we found both Eastern (2) and Mountain (3) Bluebirds. > > > > Finally, let me thank Christian for his post on Jeff Parks. Very sad > news, and I’ll miss birding with the always enthusiastic Jeff. > > > > Bill Kaempfer > > Boulderr > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/7b3228d8-3df4-4984-ba9d-fc16fafd65bc%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
