I visited Chatfield SP fairly early in the day under dark skies with drizzle. The water level in the reservoir is up a number of inches over a few days ago. The Swim Beach had a *Solitary Sandpiper* and a *Willet*, and a gloomy roost of 6 *Turkey Vultures* flapped gloomily forth into the watery skies. Large numbers of swallows were feeding low over the lake, with an estimated 700 *Violet-green Swallows* leading in abundance.
Walking along the soggy JeffCo side of the South Platte downstream of Kingfisher bridge I had a *Northern Waterthrush*, *MacGillivray's Warbler* and *Least Flycatcher*. Over at Plum Creek Nature Area knee boots were needed to explore away from the road. Here a pair of *Eastern Kingbirds* had returned, and there was a *Wilson's Warbler*, *Common Yellowthroat*, some *Yellow-headed Blackbirds* and a flock of 22 *White-faced Ibis*. I stopped in at Marston Reservoir (west side) in the early evening. A highlight was an alternate plumaged *Black-bellied Plover* that flew in calling and landed on the far shore. Also three *Semipalmated Plovers*, and continuing large numbers of swallows. Two Loggerhead Shrikes were evident in the vegetation on the exposed lake shore. A *Lark Sparrow* flew by and a *Clay-colored Sparrow* popped up on the fence near where I was standing. The personal milestone: today I entered my 10,000th complete eBird checklist from Colorado...and counting. David Suddjian Littleon, 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/CAGj6RopYXdCjvgNxtj84DpqmCW40aWCLxyx%3DGuOESZSS7A5fGw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
