JoAnn, The eBird hotspot named "Kinney Run Trail" is indeed an important birding area in Golden, with 96 species of birds seen there in the past few years, since records have been kept. This represents a great many sightings of individual birds and is a reflection of the rich avifauna of the area. To close this to pedestrian traffic would be a shame from that point of view. However, safety first and if the hikers and birders are in danger from speeding mountain bikes, it might be reasonable. The other solution would be to close it to cyclists!
I would encourage birders to try this trail and submit checklists to eBird before it's too late. Please let me know if I can help in any way. Gerald Baines has been the most active birder there and knows the area well. Thanks for your interest, JoAnn, on behalf of Evergreen Audubon. Joe Roller, Denver Volunteer eBird hotspot reviewer On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 1:56 PM JoAnn Hackos <jthac...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is anyone familiar with birding on Kinney Run Trail and Open Space in > Golden? It is listed as an e-bird hotspot. Apparently the city of Golden > wants to turn it into a mountain biking park and trail. Some birders have > contacted me to help protest it on behalf of Evergreen Audubon. Please let > us know if you consider this an "important " birding area. > JoAnn Hackos > jo...@jhackos.com > > -- > 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/5e4e654a-f36a-4827-a52c-6ca0d35ba34e%40googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CAJpZcUD9HHh%3Dm6RSAX6yOv3SnXfwEuZaCEPG7jMQrwCaCXE%2BUg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
