[cobirds] Swamp Sparrow, Larimer County

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" <jmammos@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

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