Folks- My dad Jim & I spent several very pleasant hours at Chatfield Res (Douglas/ Jefferson) today. The Marina Spit hosted plenty of lingering American White Pelicans and a decent variety of gulls with a tardy Franklin's joining Ring-billed, California, Herring, and 3 Bonaparte's. It took a while but we eventually tracked down a continuing Red-necked Grebe looking out from the Swim Beach. On our way into the Swim Beach area I saw a bird flash a lot of blue as it flew away to the right- we parked in the adjacent Jamison Picnic Area and immediately heard the distinctive call notes of an Eastern Bluebird as we stepped out of the vehicle. 6 or more Eastern Bluebirds were foraging in leaf litter and flying up to cottonwood branches as they worked their way through the area, a pretty nice surprise for an otherwise very slow day for land birds.
Enjoy- Bill Schmoker, Longmont -- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Bill Schmoker [email protected] http://schmoker.org *http://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/us-arctic-geotraces <http://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/us-arctic-geotraces>* <720/201-5749> \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ -- 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/CAL-wM9a1iE%3DeR-DgtcGfjF18WT43_--eG-fdj1vU%2BBod9nLXmQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
