A sunrise stop at South Platte Reservoir (Arapahoe) this morning (Jan 19) had 3 *Long-tailed Ducks* (1 male, 2 females), presumably all continuing. Among other species noted were were 2 *Barrow's Goldeneyes*, 8 *Ruddy Ducks*, 1 *Red-breasted Merganser*, 1 *Eared Grebe*, 1 fly by *Merlin*, 1 1st cycle *Thayer's Gull*, and 1 1st cycle *Lesser Black-backed Gull.* Pretty much all of the southeast portion of the reservoir is open water.
At South Platte Park (ARA), Blackrock Lake had 16 *Greater Scaup*, and four more Greaters were on the adjacent portion of the river. This reach of the river also had a *Wilson's Snipe* and a *Black-crowned Night-Heron*. An *Am. Dipper* flew downstream from Douglas Co into Arapahoe, pausing briefly at the rapid/waterfall immediately below C470, and then moving on downstream. A *Mourning Dove* along the effluent stream that enters the Platte near C470 (Douglas) was the first I'd seen in the area in a couple months, and tan-striped *White-throated Sparrow *was with a large flock of Am. Tree Sparrows and House Finches there. An adult male *Peregrine Falcon *made a dashing impression as it flew south over South Valley Park, Jefferson Co. Yesterday (Jan 18) I had a lone* Evening Grosbeak* fly over my Ken Caryl Valley home. 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/CAGj6Rop_5_%3Dyej%3DHbdopqy%3DPDOps%3DikGo7NMq6w%2BQaa80d12BQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
