According to my eBird track, it is a 0.62 mile walk north from the northernmost parking lot inside the state park, and it took me 11 minutes to get here. Scope views are excellent.
This is the spot: Dropped pin https://maps.app.goo.gl/WFpBxB4vzNtbDxLU8 Nathan Pieplow Boulder On Sun, May 8, 2022, 11:14 AM Nathan Pieplow <npiep...@gmail.com> wrote: > Folks, I am seeing a bunch of birders at the north end of Boyd Lake who > drove into the subdivision on the NE side, parked, and walked down to the > water. But unless someone got special permission from the landowners, I > think we should NOT view the Garganey this way. > > Luke Pheneger drove into the state park and walked north along the path, > and has good looks at the Garganey right now. It requires walking maybe a > mile, but it's going to be the best option in terms of ethics and landowner > relations -- again, unless someone negotiated an access agreement I don't > know about. > > The bird is also visible from the shoulder of the county road, looking > east at the north end of the lake, but this is best for a quick scan and > not prolonged looks, because the two-lane highway is busy and the shoulder > is muddy. > > Nathan Pieplow > Boulder > > On Sun, May 8, 2022, 10:49 AM smka2 via Colorado Birds < > cobirds@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> Cobirders, >> >> >> >> Note that this is only the second documented record in the state of this >> species. Mother’s Day picnic at Boyd Lake anyone? >> >> >> >> Good Birding, >> >> Steve Stachowiak >> >> Highlands Ranch, CO >> >> >> >> *From:* cobirds@googlegroups.com <cobirds@googlegroups.com> *On Behalf >> Of *Rachel Kolokoff Hopper >> *Sent:* Sunday, May 8, 2022 10:07 AM >> *To:* COBIRDS <cobirds@googlegroups.com> >> *Subject:* [cobirds] GARAGNEY Larimer County >> >> >> >> A make GARGANEY is on the NW most portion of Boyd Lake. Found by Brian >> Tarbox. >> >> >> >> >> https://maps.apple.com/?address=Boyd%20Lake,%20Fort%20Collins,%20CO,%20United%20States&auid=16340773299649701446&ll=40.460750,-105.038225&lsp=7618&q=My%20Location&_ext=EiYpUeVqGso0REAxbfgnAuZCWsA5wRPEimQ7REBBFqOutXdBWsBQDA%3D%3D&t=m >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> www.rkhphotography.net >> >> Rachel Kolokoff Hopper >> >> Ft. Collins >> >> -- >> -- >> 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 >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en >> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. >> Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate >> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ >> --- >> 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 view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/A553B5F7-49BE-4802-BA3C-2AE0ED184912%40comcast.net >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/A553B5F7-49BE-4802-BA3C-2AE0ED184912%40comcast.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- >> -- >> 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 >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en >> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. >> Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate >> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ >> --- >> 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 view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/001401d862fb%2499d053f0%24cd70fbd0%24%40q.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/001401d862fb%2499d053f0%24cd70fbd0%24%40q.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- -- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAFhaDVKu2suVCHkCVraqBzj2BosicETX3hrrsNFUmL%2BfsFioWQ%40mail.gmail.com.
