After visiting Red Rocks, I made a foray through Bear Creek Lake Park
(BCLP) this morning. I saw two Harris's Sparrows - one an adult and
the other a 1st year bird. Also had a good look at a female Prairie
Falcon.
Along the North Road (left after the stop sign on entering BCLP),
about 100 yards past the the Boat Inspection Shed at Whitetail Picnic
Area, I observed a mixed lock of sparrows on the south edge of the
road. The majority were Tree Sparrows with a few Song and a juvenile
White-crowned or two. As I watched from my car, a beautiful adult
Harris's Sparrow flew down and joined in the feeding along side the
road.
The 2nd Harris's was just east of the Boat Launch area along the lake
shore. I had parked in the large parking lot just west of the Boat
Launch and was walking along the shoreline of the lake looking for a
Stub-tailed Wren I had seen the evening before. I only had a glimpse
of the Stub-tailed Wren flying from one shrubby area to another on the
shoreline the evening before. Didn't get a good enough look to call
the bird anything other than a Stub-tailed Wren. While walking the
lake shoreline hoping to refind the wren, the 1st year Harris's
Sparrow flew across the trail, then perched near the top of a shrub
for some great looks. This is the same area we had a Harris's last
year and a White-throated Sparrow this fall. No wren but 2 Harris's
Sparrows for the morning. Seems like the area around the Boat Launch
is a good spot to look for sparrows in the winter.
The female Prairie Falcon was perched on a low post near the top of
the dam above Mountain View. She was quite cooperative and sat
perched on the pole while I studied her through the car window. She
was still perched in the same spot after I turned around and left.
Mike Henwood
Morrison
Jefferson County
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