Crossbills, Antero, etc.

[Ted Floyd]

Hello, Birders.

I just heard some Type 2 Red Crossbills flying low over Lafayette, eastern Boulder County, this cloudy Wednesday morning (which reminds me, I need to go put out the trash...), Aug. 13th. Probably headed to Chatfield or Cherry Creek.

Speaking of Chatfield and Cherry Creek, I'll be, well, speaking about Chatfield and Cherry Creek (and other things) tonight at The Boulder Book Store. 7:30 p.m., 1107 Pearl Street (west end of the Pearl Street Mall). More info here:

http://www.boulderbookstore.net/event/ted-floyd-american-birding-association-field-guide-birds-colorado

Hope to see some of you tonight!

Oh, and Antero. Thanks to Elliott Gordon for his inquiry. I hope he and others spend a lot of time there, starting yesterday. I have an idea about birding the place that may seem odd, but bear with me. Here goes. The few times I've been there, (a) I've been delighted by the good birds and even greater potential of the place and (b) I've been a bit concerned about flushing birds along the lake's edges. Last time I was there, Hannah and Andrew and I figured out how not to disturb the birds: Do like the fishermen, and just walk out a hundred or so feet *into* the lake. You get great views of the birds on shore, they seem completely unperturbed by your presence, and there's a pleasing sort of mild vertigo about the whole experience of scoping (oh, yes, bring scope, distances are vast out there) birds while having the feeling of walking on water.

Ted Floyd

Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado