Pat O’Driscoll and I visited Washington Park this morning to scout a Denver Field Ornithologists project to monitor nesting colonial waterbirds. We stopped at the grove of conifers where the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker has been previously seen. After a few minutes of scouring tree trunks, Pat spotted the sapsucker about 2/3 of the way up a large pine. The bird gave us intermittent looks as it probed the bark and frequently scooted behind a branch or around the trunk.
Smith Lake hosted about 5 Hooded Mergansers swimming among the shovelers and white-cheeked geese. A European Starling in gaudy breeding plumage was singing persistently on a branch stump that probably contained a cozy cavity. Chuck Hundertmark 303-604-0531 -- 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/1E805A17-9F12-4837-9045-DB4CB398266B%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
