A Denver Field Ornithologists field trip to City Park yesterday produced a short species list highlighted by two Hooded Mergansers, apparently birds of the year. Eleven observers found 20 species with most of the heronry birds gone. The few lingering Double-crested Cormorants, Black-crowned Night Herons and Snowy Egrets were predominantly juveniles or immatures.
Canada Goose 110 Including near grown fledged young Mallard 12 Hooded Merganser 2 Double-crested Cormorant 42 Many first year birds and young still on at least 3 nests in colony on Duck Lake Snowy Egret 16 Mostly birds fledged in Ferril Lake heronry. Black-crowned Night-Heron 9 2 adults. Others immature. 1 adult feeding young. Cooper's Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Spotted Sandpiper 3 Mourning Dove 1 Chimney Swift 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 3 Black-billed Magpie 1 American Crow 2 Barn Swallow 30 Including fledged young Black-capped Chickadee 1 European Starling 43 House Finch 1 House Sparrow 3 -- Chuck Hundertmark 2546 Lake Meadow Drive Lafayette, CO 80026 303-604-0531 Cell: 720-771-8659 [email protected] -- 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/CACZCCxf8FUDYxMPtA_opZstcD3RiALjoi9PzwXmqvhn%3D05T77Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
