Today, I had the day to see if anything moved in with the storm. Here are the
spots that I checked out:
BEAR CREEK LAKE PARK(Pelican Point)--water level dropping by the day
5 Greater Yellowlegs
20 Western Grebes
NO SURF SCOTERS(back to South Platte Res?)
RED ROCKS
NO GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW
Yesterday afternoon and this morning I birded some of the parks around Jeffco.
Here are some of the migrants seen:
Welchester Tree Park 5/6
16 Orange-crowned Warblers
1 Wilson's Warbler
Main Reservoir 5/7
25 Yellow-rumped Warblers
3 Orange-crowned Warblers
1 Northern Waterthrush
3 Yello
Today, I had three hours to bird. There was definitely a push of spring
migrants working through Jeffco. Belmar had an early young male Western
Tanager, 7Yellow-rumped Warblers(Audubon's), 6 American Avocets, 2 Blue-winged
Teal, a Wilson's Snipe,a Say's Phoebe, and 2 Brown-headed Cowbirds. A
Yesterday, I had an afternoon to get some birding in. I started the afternoon
up at Genesee Mtn Park and was able to locate the pair of Williamson's
Sapsuckers in the previous mentioned location. I did walk up to the flagpole
and didn't find the regular pair up there. I then went to Chatfield
With the rain stopping, I decided to hit some local Jeffco Parks. Here are
the highlights:
MAIN RESERVIOR
Prothonotary Warbler
Wilson's Warblers--many
Townsend's Warbler--1
BELMAR HISTORIC PARK
Wilson's Warbler--15
Orange-crowned Warbler--5
Townsend's Warbler--1
Cassin's Vireo--1
Lark Sparro
Yesterday, I decided to go out birding since I missed all the action the day
before. Bluebirds were in high numbers everywhere and I was able to see many
FOS birds. I was able to re-fnd the Sage Sparrow found a couple of days ago by
Mike Henwood at Bear Creek Lake Park. At Red Rocks the Fox Sp
