We found 28 species this morning in a 4 hour trip through Walden Ponds and adjoining areas. The highlight was a pair of Great Horned Owls in the western end of the site near the creek. We walked down the recently reopened Boulder Creek Trail, then back along the shoulder of 75th (good raptors and the far off eagle nests, with an adult Bald Eagle perched near one of the nests). The only open water other than Boulder Creek was at the first pond along the entrance road, where the bubbler is keeping an area of the pond open, which featured a group of Ring-necked Ducks and single Hooded Mergansers and Common Goldeneyes. Here's the complete list:
Canada Goose Cackling Goose Red-tailed Hawk (including a dark phase Harlan's) Rock Dove Tree Sparrow Magpie Starling Ring-necked Duck Gadwall Robin Ring-billed Gull White-breasted Nuthatch Mallard American Goldfinch Crow Black-capped Chickadee Great Horned Owl Bufflehead Sharp-shinned Hawk Northern Shoveller Eurasian Collared Dove Hooded Merganser Great Blue Heron House Finch Red-winged Blackbird Common Goldeneye Belted Kingfisher Bald Eagle -- Dick Pautsch -- 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/CAExgNZ3J6mu463A9gVVHyzFZWUq4yGo-BFEVpBHyZGh8jAKzHw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
