Water levels in Chatfield Reservoir are more or less back to "normal", although there is still lots of extra standing water in upland areas that were flooded recently. Other than Killdeer and Spotted Sandpipers, my only shorebirds were 2 *Marbled Godwits* and a *Willet* at the Marina Sand Spit. A segment of the trail upstream of Kingfisher Bridge on the JeffCo side is now walkable. So I did. I was excited to see a *Yellow-billed Cuckoo* fly in front of me at mid-canopy height, perching briefly before moving on. Also here was an adult *Red-eyed Vireo* feeding a begging juv., and four *Least Flycatchers* included 2 begging juvies. An *Eastern Phoebe* was upstream of Kingfisher Bridge.
At Ken Caryl Valley there was an *Ash-throated Flycatcher *north of Massey Draw between the Lyons and Dakota formation hogbacks. It was even calling. An earlyish *Sage Thrasher* was my first in the area this season. 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/CAGj6RoqtuZxs7eDGL5C0xR_VUEwaevPGXrZzwm%2B3n2s_BSKE1g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
