Hello Colorado Birders!
I live across the Larimer County landfill at the intersection of Taft Hill and Trilby Road (on the Southeast corner). I have seen many avid birders come from far and wide, even transiently parking on our little road and driveway! I came across several of your club members, excitedly looking for/at the GYRFALCON this past winter. I am keen to learn more from you experts and hobbyists. Lots of prairie grass birds on my property and in the neighboring fields. They are enjoying a DIY waterfall we built. Steady stream of birds, including one that looked like a small hawk, stop by for a drink, rest and baths.
I look forward to meeting any of you at my home, driveway, or at a bird sighting near where I live. Please drop in for a cup of tea while you aim your binoculars to the skies, foothills, trees and prairie. Please educate me with your bird knowledge!
I am worried and panicked that nearly 200 acres of proximal open spaces near the landfill and adjacent to the current natural areas are at risk. Lots of land fragmentation is happening. Please note that a massive waste transfer station and behavioral health facility are proposed on lands south of the current landfill, which were undeniably designated as open spaces in regional master plans. The areas in these rural settings are being rezoned for large scale (waste) industrialization and urbanization/business. Traffic of all types to support these waste operations and the hospital are to increase 24x7 across the intersection and on Taft and Trilby. Night/dark sky will vanish. Valuable natural assets, the biodiversity, and the foothills viewshed, all of which are of the greatest significance and the main draw to Colorado living are being eroded; imminently.
I am using this platform, in desperation, in the middle of COVID pandemic to reach out, inform and alert you. Extremely difficult to see neighbors, friends, and network in these times. Yet these 'land use hearings of permanent negative consequence to natural resources, which are basically 'rezoning and abuses' are happening in poorly advertised, poorly attended approvals with short timelines. On June 17, the Larimer County Planning Commission green lit these projects at these locations. They are force fitting completely incompatible operations by bringing in the city into a region that was not long ago promised to be retained as 'rural' and preserved as open space. Another skimpy virtual presentation in broad strokes, was given on July 15 after the fact as a form of public outreach.
The dirt road Trilby (west of Taft Hill) is to become the new main paved road for the trash and health facility operations. Please take action to oppose ALL these City and County projects that are taking away our open spaces. Happy to provide details.
Thanks for letting me into your club. I apologize for making an entry in this manner. I join guided bird walks held by the City of Loveland and try to learn a little here and there. I was unexpectedly given a book on Northern Colorado birds, just yesterday evening! It must be a calling! I have homework to do.
Many wishes for your health and happiness,
Vara Vissa
--While at the bird observation area near Prairie Loop this morning around 8:15, I spotted a solitary ibis. It was in the water near the large boulders at the bird observation area and then flew to the mudflat just east of where the creek empties into the reservoir. The light wasn't great, but I got one decent photo. When I enlarge the photo, no red facial skin or white border is visible. If anyone else is in that area and spots the bird, I'd love to know if you think it may be a Glossy Ibis or just an immature White-faced.Thank you.Doug Schoch, Centennial, Arapahoe County
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