I spent some time at Cherry Creek SP today, mainly looking at gulls. I found an adult Mew Gull, 2 pale first cycle Thayer's Gulls and a 2nd cycle Lesser Black-backed Gull. Bleached first cycle feathers made the Thayer's Gulls look like Iceland Gulls, and the Herring Gulls look like Thayer's Gulls. Yesterday at Cherry Creek, I watched the Franklins Gulls put on an aerial show in the stiff wind. In addition to the gulls there has been several Greater Yellowlegs, a Semipalmated Plover (yesterday only) and a relatively short billed, Long-billed Dowitcher still in basic plumage. The dowitcher did make several single-note, high pitched alarm calls. Pics of some of these birds can be found at the link below. Hooray, it's April!
Glenn Walbek Castle Rock, CO http://www.pbase.com/gwalbek/2011_birds -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
