COBirders! A huge debt of thanks to Quinn Pack (who walked the whole thing with me again — he say’s “Next year there will be T-Shirts!"), Jayne and George James (who were part of the walk from Pelican Point to a bit past Shop Creek), my wife (at 12-mile Trail), and a bevy of birders/photographers at Pelican Point (all of whose names I can’t remember, so I won’t try)!
The 12-mile walk (7-1/2 hours) around the lake netted 59 species. Considerably down from the prox 70 last year! Quinn and I talked a lot about how “odd” was this year for birds. But there were some goodies: Tennessee Warbler, Sora (SEEN, not just heard!), Franklin’s Gull and Forster’s Tern were, for me, fun to see. Tennessee Warbler was a life bird! In the non-birding category, we saw a bat (!) working the area just south of road, near the turn-off to "12-mile Picnic Area/Dog park” and a coyote in the “prairie”-like area along Cherry Creek Trail south of the Shooting Range, I was bummed to learn that Black Tern had been seen just before we arrived at Pelican Point, and again about 1/2 hour after we left. Such is birding! On the other hand, we got to see another kind of bird — a war-bird — as one of the last operative B-17 bombers was making its annual visit to Centennial Airport. BTW, it was 59 degrees when we left Tower Loop, and 91 degrees when we got back — much like last year. And the Park was no-where near as crowded this year last. Put Labor Day, 2022 on your calendars now (well, I know, Labor Day 2022 IS already on your calendars . . . . but the Circum-Lake-Cation needs to be there too!! Gary Brower Unincorporated Arapahoe County -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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/C19966B1-AD91-424A-A76C-59076A16E5BC%40gmail.com.
