This morning, the spit at Cherry Creek Marina held 3 Willet, 6 Marbled Godwit, 14 American Avocet and an alternate plumaged Spotted Sandpiper was bumping around in the corner there.
We went to the spot well described by Bob Brown and others on highway 67, 0.3 miles from Rampart Range road in the fog and mist, parked in the pull out adjacent to the 2 sectioned piece of wood fence, and Dan opened the car door next to the woods only to have a female American Three-toed WP on the tree beside us. Fastest three-toed woodpecker in the west! As we enjoyed her hard labor, a noisy male Hairy WP came onto the other side of the same tree, offering a nice side by side comparison. >From there we went to Chatfield, where as we passed by the little parking area for fisherman that is just after the right turn to go to Plum Creek Delta, a large flock of Yellow Rumped Warblers were working in the trees, going toward the edge of the reservoir. Embedded with them were two Eastern Phoebes and a Chipping Sparrow. The whole thing got blown up by a Cooper's Hawk, but the group was reforming in the same area when we left around 1:15PM. Cheryl Teuton Aurora -- 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.
