Report from Walden Reservoir (Jackson County)

[Nicholas Komar]

Despite deep snowpack around it and completely frozen surface water, the nesting birds were present on and around the nest island at Walden Reservoir. There were dozens of Cormorants, Pelicans and California Gulls and smaller numbers of Ring-billed Gull, Great Blue Heron and Black-crowned Night-Heron. It will be interesting to see if the Ring-billed Gulls nest successfully for the third consecutive year. There will be two field trips to this amazing avian breeding area as part of the upcoming Joint CFO-WFO convention at Cooper Mountain Resort July 19-23. I hope you can join us for the Convention. Check the CFO website (www.Cobirds.org) for details as they
become available

Nick Komar
CFO President
Fort Collins CO (currently in Walden)