Since Bear Creek Lake has been devastated by the flood, I've gone back to birding Harriman Lake. This small Denver Water reservoir was drained in 2011, dam rebuilt, and refilled with water last winter. There was a nice variety of spring water fowl, but not much in the way of fish to feed them. Then it was stocked by DOW in late spring, so I'm hoping fall waterfowl are even better. Here's is what I've seen in the past few days:
Sept 28-29: Pied-billed Grebe (family of 7, with adults still feeding the young) Eared Grebe American Wigeon American Coot Mallard Belted Kingfisher Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Spotted Sandpiper (winter) Rusty Blackbird Red-winged Blackbird (flock of females with a single Yellow-headed Blackbird) Audubon's Warbler (large flock of immature males), searched in vain for other warblers but none were seen Barn Swallow (scores catching insects over the lake) Lesser Goldfinch House Wren Flicker Magpie BC Chickadee Plus today, Oct 1: Redhead Duck (7 males) and no swallows Regina King Littleton, CO -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/1784e459-b3c4-4a5b-be33-23c555038083%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
