Cobirders, Sorry this is a day late. My son Bob and his wife Sondra
came about 11:30AM to take me birding which they
also have come to enjoy. Since the Snowy Owl not found earlier in
Aurora I decide we go to Chatfield to look for the two
Brant Geese . Not many land birds about but a lot of snow although
roads were plowed we went to the model airfield .
Here we ate our lunch watching toward the dumpster where a Magpie was
hanging out . It dumpster dived many times
getting bites of something.
We then went to the Plum Creek parking lot. Bob and Sondra went thru
the snow and the woods to Plum Creek but did
not find the Brant only Mallards. ( I had gone on Dec. 11 and 14
when they were there but both times I could not go where
they were due to snow or steepness .
So we checked the point from the marina area which had 150 Canada
Geese on land and about 60 Ringed-billed Gulls.
There were at least 2 Herring Gulls. A small amount of open water
at the point provided good looks at water fowl with
the scope. There was one male Hooded Merganser and one No. Pintail
male. Also widgeon,mallard and 5 coot.
At the junction of the upper road to Plum Cr. and main road up from
the reservoir was a very large flock of Robins
many in the road and in near by tree and later more came so that
there were over a 150.
We went to the North Marina and parked where we could see the open
water to the south. There were a number of male
Common Goldeneyes, a raft of Common Mergansers as well as about
Canada Geese. A few No. Grebes and W.Grebes.
While I was watching from the car a small bird flew around the lot in
front of me to south , I noted some buffy color on its belly
and then it landed to right and quickly flew up on the lowest branch
of the large tree. Out toward the end. Bob and
Sondra said it was a Say's Phoebe (they had a pair nesting in their
yard two years). I noticed it waged its tail.
The Denver CBC had one this year on the 17th of December. The report
did not tell which section.
A good two and a half hours seeing what could be found in winter land.
Bob Spencer N.E. of Golden
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