Glossy Ibis - Larimer
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David Wade
Apr 24, 2015, 6:15:12 PM4/24/15
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Hello birders,
Visited a few spots in northern Larimer County today with Georgia Doyle. A few of the highlights: at North Poudre Res #3 we saw Common Loon, an early Snowy Egret and a late Snow Goose (we thought it was a swan at first glance). On County Road 5 east of Rawhide power plant we found Chipping, Brewer's, Vesper and Savannah Sparrows, 2 Rock Wrens, a close but brief view of a Golden Eagle and best of all 4 Burrowing Owls. Over at Rawhide, everything was far away on the other side of the lake but we could pick out 5 Herring Gulls and 1 Lesser Black-backed, 5 Wilson's Phalaropes, and a single Rock Wren was bopping around the observation area.
On the north side of County Rd 70 (Owl Canyon Road), between Co Rds 11 and 13, we found 10 Ibis and one of them was a Glossy Ibis. This particular stretch of road has a narrow shoulder and is relatively busy so I recommend parking at the power substation nearby and walking along the road to view the pond. Because the land on both sides of the road is private property and the narrow road shoulder, this can be a difficult pond to observe.
David Wade
Ft Collins, CO
Visited a few spots in northern Larimer County today with Georgia Doyle. A few of the highlights: at North Poudre Res #3 we saw Common Loon, an early Snowy Egret and a late Snow Goose (we thought it was a swan at first glance). On County Road 5 east of Rawhide power plant we found Chipping, Brewer's, Vesper and Savannah Sparrows, 2 Rock Wrens, a close but brief view of a Golden Eagle and best of all 4 Burrowing Owls. Over at Rawhide, everything was far away on the other side of the lake but we could pick out 5 Herring Gulls and 1 Lesser Black-backed, 5 Wilson's Phalaropes, and a single Rock Wren was bopping around the observation area.
On the north side of County Rd 70 (Owl Canyon Road), between Co Rds 11 and 13, we found 10 Ibis and one of them was a Glossy Ibis. This particular stretch of road has a narrow shoulder and is relatively busy so I recommend parking at the power substation nearby and walking along the road to view the pond. Because the land on both sides of the road is private property and the narrow road shoulder, this can be a difficult pond to observe.
David Wade
Ft Collins, CO
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