Thanks to Chishun Kwong's post, I went over and located the Virginia Rail this morning at 8:00am.
South side of the boardwalk (which is on the South side of Bass Lake), in the wettest area, within 10-15' of the boardwalk. Adult Virginia Rail and two hatchlings. Will Burt Lakewood Google Voice: 720-432-3379 http://willburt.zenfolio.com/ On Apr 28, 2012, at 4:29 PM, Chishun Kwong wrote: > Hi all, > > I led a DFO trip this morning to Prospect Park in Wheatridge, Jefferson > County. It was a beautiful morning, despite the temps being on the cool side. > Passerine migrants were pretty much non-existent besides Yellow-rumps, but we > made up for it with an eclectic mix of good sightings. Highlights are > > Virginia Rail with babies - on the south side of West Lake there is a > boardwalk, from there we first saw an adult, then three of us had three > separate sightings of what would have to be at least one, probably two, > hatchlings. Is it way too early? > Broad-winged Hawk - one flying low over us and kept going north, giving us > good looks but we can use a longer one > American Bittern - pretty much the first bird of the official trip, landed on > a tree to give everyone a good scope view > Plegadis ibis - 3 of them, presumably white-faced, never did land for a look > Peregrine Falcon - a quick flyby > > Chishun Kwong > Superior, CO > -- 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.
