Steve, thank you so much for your post. I went there at 449PM today 11/7,
scanned every rock and wave; at 502 the dipper flew in (don't know from
which direction) and sat on a rock in midstream at the eastern edge of the
bridge. It bounced up and down and flapped for about 45 seconds, then flew
almost directly up. As it was dusk, I might guess that it found a spot to
spend the night in the underbridge structure.
My reason for thanks is that this is a new Arapahoe County bird...though I
do have one for Denver plus several mountain counties. It may also
stimulate me to submit an updated Arapahoe list, which I haven't done for
two years, and even a Denver list, never submitted. (And I easily recall
adding the barn owl at ChCrk 5 weeks ago, the magnolia warbler there in May,
and last year's buff-br sandpiper and least tern).
Re. Joe's comments about the farthest records on the "plains:" I recall
that someone saw one within the past two years near Monaco and Cherry Creek
Drive. Also that in about 1976, with a foot of snow on the ground, I was
preparing to turn left from Speer onto 8th Ave. Thompson Marsh walked by
and told me that he had just seen a dipper under the Lincoln Street bridge.
Perhaps the current bird knows the weather forecast for the next week or so.
Karl Stecher
Centennial
Steve Kennedy writes:
Deb and I were on bike ride at 12:30 today and found a Dipper in an interesting location: in a small tributary of Cherry Creek under the Parker Road 'bridge' that is just south of the Orchard Road intersection in scenic Arapahoe County. There is a bike path along the small stream there.
What a kick!
Steve Kennedy
Aurora
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