I have had a nice few days at Cherry Creek State Park. Most of the migration action is visible on the Prairie Loop -- at the bird viewing area of the mudflats. The shorebirds are arriving. In the past few days -- from this vantage point -- the following:
American White Pelican Great Blue Heron Double-crested Cormorant American Coot Western Grebe Marbled Godwit (1) Sora (1) Long-billed Dowitcher Northern Shoveler Wilson's Phalarope Gadwall Green-winged Teal Killdeer Black-necked Stilt Lesser Yellowlegs Greater Yellowlegs Ring-billed Gull Franklin Gull Bald Eagle Red-tailed Hawk Wilson's Phalarope Near the birding viewing area of the Prairie Loop -- just to the east in the trees, the first cottonwood and willow are greening up -- and I have spied the following; American Goldfinch Yellow-rumped Warbler American Robin Downy Woodpecker Black-capped Chickadee Red-winged Blackbird Western Meadowlark Starling I have also seen other sparrow and wrens, but I'm not confident in my ID On the dam near the Marina (west side of the lake) -- the sand spit remains popular for gulls, pelican and cormorant. I did see the Juvenile Neotropic Cormorant from near this location last week as well -- but not consistently. American White Pelican Ring-billed Gull California Gull Franklin's Gull Double-crested Cormorant Common Merganser American Coot Western Grebe Horned Grebe Willet Osprey Mallard Canada Geese and on the reservoir dam wall in the rocks (west side), a beautiful Rock Wren -- loud and clear. Photos of Marbled Godwit https://picasaweb.google.com/timshel40/CherryCreekStateParkMay52011# Photos of Sora and Rock Wren https://picasaweb.google.com/timshel40/CherryCreekStateParkMay5201102# Ben Kemena Denver, Colorado -- 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.
