The Rusty Blackbirds were on the rip-rap along the west and north sides of the lake. They were picking along the water's edge. I saw them (about 5 or 6) on Saturday and Sunday but not since.
On Tuesday, October 1, 2013 12:44:14 PM UTC-6, Regina King wrote: > > 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 [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/d9177cf1-a49c-48b6-8e97-49dc3bcc6b2f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
