Weld County Spring Birds

[The "Nunn Guy"]

Hi all

In the process of uploading photos ...

• Mountain Bluebird - 5 [Weld CR 100 and 108]
• Sage Thrasher - 1 [Weld CR 114 about one mile east of Hwy 85]
• Mourning Dove - 1 [Weld CR 102]
• Say's Phoebe - 3 [My Nunn yard, Windsor Lake and Weld CR 48 Marsh]
• Spotted Sandpiper - 2 [Crom Lake]
• Great-tailed Grackle - 13 [Woods Lake (10); Crom Lake (1); Drake Lake (1); Weld CR 86 Marsh (1)]
• Franklin's Gull - 5 [Drake Lake]
• Greater Yellowlegs - 9 [Weld CR 48 Marsh (5); Weld CR 23 Pond (Severance) (4)]
• Least Sandpiper - 2 [Weld CR 23 Pond (Severance)]
• American Avocet - 8 [Beebe Draw]
• Yellow-headed Blackbird - 1 [Weld CR 84 Marsh (Pierce)]
• Sandhill Crane - 1 [Behren's Reservoir]
• Loggerhead Shrike, Black-necked Stilt in Latham Reservoir and Beebe Draw complex reported by local birders in conversation afield

Ethics issues/questions:

• Saw two birders blatantly trespassing in LaSalle-area hot spot.  It is an oil and gas service/ranching road which also had no trespass sign at the access entrance-in talking with the local birders above they mentioned the two birders said they were not from the area
• Question: Is the oil and gas service road on east side of Behrens Reservoir public access?  Does not have No Trespass sign.
  
• Question: Is the oil and gas road on east side of Loloff Reservoir public access?  Does not have No Trespass sign.

Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn

http://coloradobirder.club/

[The "Nunn Guy"]

Hi all

Here is the ENTIRE Drake Lake gull flock, first 31 photos, when you view an individual photo you can obtain the largest photo size by clicking the ORIGINAL button to its right.  A quick scan of all by me shows an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull (maybe a second one) as well as a few Franklin's Gull.

http://coloradobirder.club/m/photos/browse/album/Drake-Lake-Severance/

Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn

http://coloradobirder.club/

[The "Nunn Guy"]

Hi all

To continue about the ethics of entering oil and gas operations access roads ... "Birders were out birding the other day and drove that oil road behind Behrens Res. again. The farmer came out on a motorcycle and said it is private and went on and on about people (not birders) causing problems back there. He's considering putting up a no trespassing sign."  Sounds like birders behave.  :-)

I "assume" the same access issues for the oil and gas access road on east side of Loloff Reservoir.  When in doubt about access ask the locals would be my advice--they would probably allow access knowing who is going back there.

Just an FYI ...

Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://colorad...@yahoo.com/

 

We told him we would leave immediately and he said we could look as he knows my car now. We left immediately. We will not drive that road again.

On Monday, April 2, 2018 at 8:59:39 AM UTC-6, The "Nunn Guy" wrote: