Snipe Symposium. Walden Ponds. Boulder

[Carl Starace]

  Fun to observe such a gathering of Wilson's Snipe,[32], at the first pond. Also present were 2 Least Sandpiper, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, a Snowy Egret, 120 American Widgeon, and a single Ring necked Duck. Further along I had a dozen White crowned Sparrow and 2 Ruby crowned Kinglets. Good October Birding All,    Carl Starace,  Niwot

[Ted Floyd]

Hi, all. Yesterday afternoon, Friday, Oct. 3, Hannah and Andrew and I popped in at Cottonwood Marsh to see if we could view the snipe symposium. I'm not sure if we were at the right pond (we checked only Cottonwood Marsh), but we saw no snipes. However, we did find 4 Greater Yellowlegs, a Wood Duck and a few Northern Pintails, and 2 Orange-crowned Warblers. Also sightings of Pat Heller and Dan Durda.

eBird checklist here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20024351

Ted Floyd

Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado