Well, after seeing what I thought was a Greater Yellowlegs in the marshy areas west of the White Rocks trail yesterday, I thought I would drag a scope out there and try to find it again. Naturally, it was nowhere to be seen, but I am fairly confident that it was a GRYE, since it was dark on the back, larger than the Spotted Sandpipers running around, and had a long, straight beak. I did see five Spotties today, along with a couple of Great Blue Herons and a couple of Killdeer. While I was standing near the fence looking at the marsh (just past the RR track crossing), I turned and looked to the east, in the trees along the trail where it turns the corner. In a Cottonwood, there is a Red-Tailed Hawk nest, with an adult slightly above it and a white head poking above the edge of the nest. Before long, the chick came up out of the nest, and was standing up on the side. I only saw one chick, and before long it was back in the nest, and the adult headed off somewhere, presumably to look for something to feed the little one.
On the way back home, I stopped by Sombrero Marsh to see what was there. Several ducks on the pond, Mallard, Mallard, ducklings, Mallard - wait a minute, that wasn't a Mallard, it was a Wood Duck! Swimming around by itself, picking insects off the surface, not concerned in the least that I was standing there. Off towards the west end of the marsh, there were four Great Blue Herons standing in the reeds. Not bad for a quick stop!
Good Birding -
Jeff Parks
Boulder, CO
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