I went out in the steady but light rain to see what was about. Chatfield SP (Jefferson)
Swim Beach had *Black-crowned Night-Heron*, *Osprey*, *Am. Avocet* (2), *Semipalmated Plover *(3), *Spotted Sandpiper* (4), *Solitary Sandpiper*, *Least Sandpiper*, *Long-billed Dowitcher* (3), *Forster's Tern*, *Yellow Warbler*, *Orange-crowned Warbler* and *Lark Sparrow*. *Vesper Sparrows* were plentiful, as they were at most of my subsequent stops. Swallows were abundant down low over the water. *Violet-green Swallow* was most numerous (about 450!), as it was at most of my other water stops this day. Some 30 *Bank Swallows* here were also fun. I saw 9 *White-faced Ibis* flying as I drove toward the Kingfisher parking lot. Walking the west side of the Platte downstream of Kingfisher Bridge I noted a continuing *Eastern Phoebe*, a *Least Flycatcher*, and a *Warbling Vireo*. The Platte inlet area into the reservoir and vicinity had *Black-crowned Night-Heron*, *Green Heron* (my first since last summer), *White-faced Ibis* (3), *Solitary Sandpiper*, *Lesser Yellowlegs*, *Marbled Godwit* (2), *Wilson's Warbler* and a flock of *Yellow-headed Blackbirds*. Chatfield SP (Douglas) The model airplane field had the day's largest number of *Vesper Sparrows* (65), a northbound *Merlin*, and some newly fledged juvenile *Horned Larks* . The road to Plum Creek Nature Area had *Western Kingbird*, *Grasshopper Sparrow*, and another large gathering of *Vesper Sparrows*. A highlight at Marston Reservoir (Denver) was a *Caspian Tern* soaring high over in the company of some *Franklin's Gulls*. Also noted were *White-faced Ibis* (6), *Greater Scaup*, seven species of shorebirds, and 42 *Yellow-headed Blackbirds*. Hildebrand Ranch Open Space and nearby Deer Creek Canyon Road (Jefferson) had 1 each *Lazuli Bunting*, *Blue-gray Gnatcatcher*, *Clay-colored Sparrow*, *Lark Bunting*, and another pile of *Vesper Sparrows*. Back home at Ken-Caryl Valley, a *Yellow Warbler* singing near my home was a first of season for there. A pair of *Red-breasted Nuthatches *has been in residence since winter and I am guessing might be thinking of nesting there, down out of the hills and out of the forest. They are very welcome, of course. I've continued to have sporadic *Cassin's Finch *detections and some *Evening Grosbeaks* went over the other day. David Suddjian 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/CAGj6Roqc5F1k5NAcpY8RgyGeAaNMrO9S1EqHn2hT-4wJHKUANA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
