A snowy spring or fall day is a good time to drive the roads in Bear
Creek Lake Park (BCLP), and today was no exception. Saw the adult
Sage Sparrow at the NW corner of the horse enclosure surrounding the
Stable Area. Saw it drop to the ground and then back up to a wire on
the fence for a great look.
A snowy day always brings bluebirds and there were large flocks of
Western Bluebirds with just a few Mountains mixed in. In addition to
the resident Red-tailed Hawks, Cooper's Hawks, and American Kestrels,
I observed some migrants knocked down by the storm. There was a male
Peregrine Falcon perched high in a cottonwood tree. I was able to get
good looks at it and compare it to the male at Red Rocks (which has a
much broader malar stripe), so I'm sure it was a migrant. Also had a
female Northern Harrier perched in a tree in the marshy area along
Coyote Gulch (across the road from Mountain View), and also saw three
Osprey's. One was perched on a pole in the Boat Launch area eating a
large fish, and the other two were along Soda Lakes. Lots of birds
along the edge of the roads, and I looked at many Western Bluebirds,
but none of them turned into an Eastern Bluebird, which is surprising
since often you can find an Eastern Bluebird among large numbers of
migrating Western and Mountain Bluebirds.
Mike Henwood
Morrison
Jefferson County
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