A Water Bird Rarely Seen in Colorado Is Hanging Out at Boulder County Pond

A tropical bird rarely seen in Colorado is hanging out at Boulder County pond

An anhinga, a tropical bird rarely seen in Colorado, is taking a vacation at a private Boulder County pond to the delight of Denver-area birdwatchers.

Wildlife Window: Report of an anhinga in Boulder County inspires a search

A fundamental belief of a wildlife-loving naturalist asserts that you cannot find what you don’t look for. Another way of expressing this belief is if you want to engage Nature you need to get away from the computer and the smartphone and spend time afield. Being a wildlife loving naturalist, I see the logic in both versions of the philosophy. So, yes, I went looking. My personal list of birds found in Colorado being a few shy of 400, I went to …