Hello all,
Observations at Cherry Creek State Park today, some with Lois Levinson and Karen Von Saltza. On the southern half of the lake: twenty Horned Grebes, one Eared Grebe, five Western Grebes, one Clark’s Grebe, and two Greater Yellowlegs At Cottonwood Pond: four Blue-winged Teal. In the same area and northwestward, there was a dark adult Red-tailed Hawk that may have been a Harlan’s-Western intergrade, with extensive white on the chest, pale forehead and ring around the eye, white mottling on the nape, a pale band along the scapulars and paler brown secondaries, and a pale red tail becoming whitish toward the base and white along the side. At the bird observation point on the Prairie Loop: Semipalmated Plover-1 (very early) and American Avocet-1 At the Twelve Mile Picnic Area: Bushtit-2 On the sandspit near the marina: hundreds of gulls, mostly Ring-billed and California, but a scattering of Herring, two 1st-cycle Thayer’s Gulls, one adult Lesser Black-backed Gull, and a Franklin’s Gull. There were also 14 American White Pelicans, but no cormorants yet. There was one Say’s Phoebe on the dam face near the marina (probably the bird that wintered in the area). Bob Andrews Englewood -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
