The Swamp Sparrow found by Dave Leatherman and refound by Joe Massomer at Cottonwood Hollow in east Fort Collins was present this morning. I followed the directions posted yesterday by Joe, seeing and hearing the bird at about 9:30.
Brad Biggerstaff Fort Collins On Nov 29, 2012 12:14 PM, "Joe Mammoser" <jmam...@waterpik.com> wrote: > I went over to Cottonwood Hollow along east Prospect Road in Fort Collins > over my lunch hour today. On the way into the natural area, I bumped into > Larry Griffin who was on his way out. Sorry Larry, it appears you were > about 20 minutes too early. I found one of the Swamp Sparrows along the > flowing ditch/canal that is east of Artists Point Pond (or what's left of > it). It was approximately 60-70 yards south of the culvert flowing from > Artists Point Pond to the ditch/canal. At first things were very silent, > but after > about 15-20 minutes of standing still along the ditch and not making any > noise except for an occasional spish every 3-4 minutes, I heard a different > chip note to my > left. When I went to investigate, the Swamp Sparrow was chipping > frequently and at one point flew up to the top of a cattail stalk for > several seconds before diving back > into the cattails and going silent. I also had a silent bird about 100 > yards south of the culvert that dove into brush on the east side of the > ditch and would not come > back out and would not call, so I don't know what that was except it did > not act or respond as a Song Sparrow would. > > Joe Mammoser > Fort 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. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/cobirds/-/8RF8KZN5A0MJ. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
