Seven participants birded Denver City Park under overcast skies this morning.
5 Cattle Egrets in elegant breeding plumage where in the heronry in Ferril Lake along with Snowy Egrets and Black-crowned Night Herons. In the Duck Lake rookery, some Double-crested Cormorants were feeding young in the nest while others were building. Chimney Swifts were overhead and four swallow species (Barn, Tree, Violet-green, and Northern Rough-winged) were zipping over Ferril Lake. Duck numbers were down, but included a single Bufflehead, 7 Blue-winged Teal, and a female Common Merganser. Other highlights included a Spotted Sandpiper, Red-tailed and Swainson's Hawk, 1 Cooper's Hawks, and a group of Yellow-rumped Warblers including both Myrthle and Audubon's. Full list at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23162203 -- 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/CACZCCxfuGDRwb-ePx3kF3N_097htqMXGtxigZdWrrDaH--tYUw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
