Yesterday, spring exploded at Cherry Creek State park...a sharp contrast
from just two days before. This is a summary for the archives.
Best birds...loggerhead shrike along the road to the gun range
red necked grebe, adult winter plumage, in near water
just off Dixon's grove, next to a returned western grebe
others...two adult bald eagles
two magpies inspecting a nest high in a tree above the west
boat ramp
12 duck species...only teal was green-winged
flock of 60 robins near gun range, another 25 or so all over
the park
marsh to the west of Cherry Creek vegetation soaked with
red-winged blackbirds
few starlings
geese have essentially left
two red-tailed hawks
40 returned white pelicans, more coming in near sunset
flicker...hadn't seen one there for a while
coots
And an unusual non-bird sighting...an almost white, but with uniform
traces of gray and buff, adult mule deer past the camper area northward
towards the dam
Karl Stecher
Aurora
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