Great pic! It sounds like a really fun day. Thanks for sharing, Gary and Cinnamon.
Lesley Brown Highlands Ranch Douglas County On Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 7:14:14 AM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: > What a fun day! Thank you Gary for organizing and inviting me. > Lets make this an annual adventure! > Here is a photo I took to remember the day! > > Cinnamon Bergeron > > On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 4:31 PM Gary Brower <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Good afternoon, COBirders! >> >> What a fun day walking around Cherry Creek State Park! I’m so grateful >> for ALL who joined in for all, or part, of the walk: Quinn, Dwayne, >> Cinnamon (who came up from CO Sprgs), Colleen, Joey, Ken, and Susan. And, >> of course, we bumped into a bunch of other birdy people along the way >> >> Quinn, Dwayne, Cinnamon and I started at Tower Loop at 6:30a: temperature >> - 50º. Quinn and I ended at Tower Loop at 2:45p: temp - 91º. We ran into >> Joey at the Swim Beach, and again at 12-mile (where he put us onto a >> Hammond’s Flycatcher). Colleen and Susan (dear spouse) joined the merry >> band at 12-mile. Ken joined in for a while, too, at 12-mile. Folks peeled >> off as their schedules (or bodies) demanded. >> >> The overall route took us south from the Tower Loop, along the lake to >> Pelican Point, then “overland” (via the Shop Creek Trail, with some >> bush-whacking) to the 12-mile Trail, continuing south to the bridge over >> Cherry Creek, and then north along the creek. Onto the Cherry Creek Trail >> until the Cottonwood Creek Wetlands, then on lakeside trails ’til the >> Marina. Finishing with the dam trail. >> >> By the numbers (at least for ME . . .): >> >> Logistics: >> >> 11.86 miles >> 8 hrs, 10 mins >> >> Total Birds on the day: 73 >> >> Birds (for my lists): >> >> 1 Colorado Bird: >> Pectoral Sandpiper >> 8 Arapahoe County Birds: >> Pectoral Sandpiper (duh!) >> Wilson’s Warbler (30+) >> Peregrine Falcon >> Bairds Sandpiper (2) >> Lark Bunting (3) >> Hammonds Flycatcher >> Rock Wren (4) >> >> Other (semi-)notable birds: >> >> Lincolns Sparrow >> Bald Eagle >> Forster's Tern >> Ruddy Ducks (a cool flock that kept us busy trying to identifying them) >> Yellow-headed blackbirds — a bunch at the Swim Beach area >> Northern Shoveler >> Osprey >> Sage Thrasher >> Virginia Rail >> Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay >> Lark Bunting >> Eastern Kingbird >> Rock Wren (4) >> Savannah Sparrow (4 or so) >> >> Unfortunate "misses” (since 75 would’ve been a nice round number): >> >> Townsends Warbler >> Spotted Sandpiper >> Rock Pigeon (!) >> >> Again, thanks to all who joined me on my “folly”! It was suggested that >> this become an annual event. I’m game! >> >> Sore legs, and all . . . . >> >> Gary Brower >> Unincorporated Arapahoe County >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/09CD8C2D-D2DF-4E84-BF17-FBF49CBC2708%40gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/09CD8C2D-D2DF-4E84-BF17-FBF49CBC2708%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/5a5808ad-aae1-48ef-90f7-5f2fac6660aen%40googlegroups.com.
