COBirders,
My schedule over the past several weeks kept me from being able to make the trip to Broomfield to see the continuing Wood Stork. Fortunately, the bird stuck around long enough for me to visit and enjoy it yesterday morning. I am appreciative, for the bird's sake and mine, that birders have behaved well enough around the Wood Stork that it has felt safe to stay.
However, I was appalled to see a person IN THE POND yesterday morning with photography equipment, not 20 feet from the bird! I suppose had the bird truly felt threatened, it would have flown off, but regardless, it is completely inappropriate and disrespectful to the bird to be in the water and so close for the sake of photos or videos. I hope this is not someone in the COBirds community, but please consider this as a reminder to put a rare bird's well-being before your own.
I apologize for using the COBirds platform to bring this up, but after watching it play out, I couldn't not say something.
Tyler Stuart
Colorado Springs
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