Visited Belmar Historic Park/Kountze Lake in Lakewood on Sunday and Monday, May 26 and 27.
Saw mostly the usual birds and some other wildlife (lots of turtles, spawning carp, muskrat), but there were a few springtime highlights: * Wood Duck female with ducklings (no male seen, but I guess that's typical) * Double-Crested Cormorants nesting on island with at least four young cormorants visible in one nest * At least two Mallard pairs with ducklings * Nesting Flicker pair * Barn Swallow nesting inside boardwalk The Wood Duck and Cormorant youngsters were firsts for me. Nifty. Also seen: Great Blue Herons, Snowy Egret, Canada Geese with goslings, Yellow Warbler pair (I think, they zoomed by), several Gadwall, many Red-Winged Blackbirds, many other Swallows and Canada Geese. - Barry Gingrich Broomfield County -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/56deeb1b-1fbb-4c21-81e7-aa9374d206e0%40googlegroups.com?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
