On Friday, January 8, 2021 at 4:51:52 PM UTC-7 <grb......> wrote:
> Good afternoon, COBirders,
>
> I was out this afternoon, getting in some “looks” before the weather
> begins to change tomorrow.
>
> I was fortunate to run into some folks who helped guide me to the Swamp
> Sparrow(s) south of C-470 at the “beaver dam”. (I missed the Rusty
> Blackbirds . . . .)
>
> Especially in that area of the S. Platte, one can be in three counties on
> one eBird list if one isn’t careful. So, when I got home, I did some VERY
> detailed map-gazing and found that that beaver pond/oxbow area of Marcy
> Gulch is in Douglas County. (I would have preferred Arapahoe — just sayin’.)
>
> So, I’m wondering if there have been sightings of the SWSP elsewhere in
> ARAPAHOE County (including north of C-470)? Especially in that area of the
> S. Platte, one can be in three counties on one eBird list if one isn’t
> careful.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Gary Brower
> Unincorporated Arapahoe County
>
>
