In all my years birding at Cherry Creek (since 1974), I have had only one
barn owl. This was at the far woodland edge of the large meadow just to the
west of the main road, on the east/southeast side of where Cherry Creek
crosses the main road. I spoke with a ranger later...she informed me that
the bird had spent 2-3 weeks there, and had also been uphill from the spot
where I saw/heard it to near the main park ranger office.
This observation was mid-fall 2010.
Karl Stecher
Centennial
Bowser, Jonathan writes:
Greetings-
I was at Cherry Creek this afternoon and was astounded to see a male barn owl foraging in the fields adjacent to the main park road. A barn owl anywhere on the front range in February seems very unusual so I thought I'd post it. It was in flight for at least 20 minutes between 5:00 and 5:30 and stayed within one fairly small area between the outhouses at the Cottonwood Creek parking area and the wetlands under construction just to the northwest. It put on quite the show and I got excellent looks. It was clearly foraging, dropping to the ground numerous times, but I never saw it catch any prey. Unfortunately, I had neither my iPhone nor my camera at the time!
Jonathan Bowser
Englewood, CO
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