Monday, May 10 at Saint Vrain State Park -- Weld County near Longmont -- just
off I-25 exit 240. I spent the morning walking the ponds -- so got good looks.
This place is not very bucolic and the freeway noise can be frustrating -- but
I'm rarely disappointed when I walk the ponds and St. Vrain River.
American White Pelican -- more than 6 pair
Forster's Tern -- 1 pair
Spotted Sandpiper -- 1 pair
Semipalmated Sandpiper -- 5 pair
Snowy Egret -- 1 pair
Great Blue Heron -- 2 pair
Bullock's Oriole -- many
Yellow-rumped Warbler -- many
Yellow Warbler -- 3 pair
Red-winged Blackbird -- many
Double-crested Cormorant -- many
Song Sparrow -- 1
Mourning Dove -- 2 pair
Red-tailed Hawk -- 1 pair
Long-billed Dowitcher -- 4 pair
American Avocet -- 1 pair
Wilson's Phalarope -- 2 pair
Canada Geese with goslings -- 3 pair with goslings
House Finch -- many
House Sparrow -- many
American Robin -- many
Common Grackle -- 2 pair
Western Meadowlark -- 1 pair
Ring-billed Gull -- 1
Mallard -- many
Western Kingbird -- 2 pair
Osprey -- 3
On the west side of the park (protected and off-limits), there is a nesting
pair of Osprey (at the usual perch) and the protected nesting area for Heron
and Egret is filled. Binoculars reveal an impressive array of birds and nests.
Monday May 10 at Walden Ponds -- Boulder County Open Space -- 75th and Jay
Road. I arrived mid-day -- the wind came up and it showered -- and my day was
cut short as I only walked the first pond. When the winds came up, the
swallows were out in force.
Green Heron -- 1
Clay-colored Sparrow -- 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler -- 2 pair
Yellow Warbler -- 1 pair
Snowy Egret -- 1 pair
Great Blue Heron -- 1 pair
Barn Swallow -- many
Tree Swallow -- many
Northern Rough-winged Swallow -- 1 pair
American Coot -- 1 pair
Red-winged Blackbird -- many
House Sparrow -- many
American Robin -- many
Western Kingbird -- 1 pair
Ben Kemena
Denver
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