Greetings Cobirders, This morning I birded some spots in Broomfield county. Eric Zorawowicz accompanied me at Plaster Reservoir. We also ran into Tim Smart, Matt Hofeditz, and the Broomfield Bird Club while we were here. The best two birds at Plaster were a male ring-necked pheasant (pretty darned rare in Broomfield County) and a peregrine falcon which was eating a prey item on the east side of the lake. It flushed and flew off way to the west before we could study and determine what it was eating. Waterfowl diversity remains high here and the numbers of redhead (23) and lesser scaup (55) are locally impressive for the date. Both Virginia rails and soras were present and calling also. Migrant passerine activity was slow with only a single yellow-rumped warbler to be found. After Plaster I went by Brunner Reservoir and was surprised to find 17 hooded mergansers here. That is an impressive count for the date and location. Also here was a single canvasback and a few snowy egrets and a spotted sandpiper. On my way back to Boulder I stopped by Walden Ponds off 75th St. I also checked for the phoebes under the bridge at 75th and Boulder Creek. Both the eastern and black phoebe were about 25 yards upstream from the bridge, mostly perched on the orange private property fencing on the north side of the creek. Overall, nothing nearly as exciting as a Vaux's swift, curlew sandpiper, or yellow-throated warbler, but it was nice to be out anyway.
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