I went out in the steady but light rain to see what was about. Chatfield SP (Jefferson)
Swim Beach had *Black-crowned Night-Heron*, *Osprey*, *Am. Avocet* (2), *Semipalmated Plover *(3), *Spotted Sandpiper* (4), *Solitary Sandpiper*, *Least Sandpiper*, *Long-billed Dowitcher* (3), *Forster's Tern*, *Yellow Warbler*, *Orange-crowned Warbler* and *Lark Sparrow*. *Vesper Sparrows* were plentiful, as they were at most of my subsequent stops. Swallows were abundant down low over the water. *Violet-green Swallow* was most numerous (about 450!), as it was at most of my other water stops this day. Some 30 *Bank Swallows* here were also fun. I saw 9 *White-faced Ibis* flying as I drove toward the Kingfisher parking lot. Walking the west side of the Platte downstream of Kingfisher Bridge I noted a continuing *Eastern Phoebe*, a *Least Flycatcher*, and a *Warbling Vireo*. The Platte inlet area into the reservoir and vicinity had *Black-crowned Night-Heron*, *Green Heron* (my first since last summer), *White-faced Ibis* (3), *Solitary Sandpiper*, *Lesser Yellowlegs*, *Marbled Godwit* (2), *Wilson's Warbler* and a flock of *Yellow-headed Blackbirds*. Chatfield SP (Douglas) The model airplane field had the day's largest number of *Vesper Sparrows* (65), a northbound *Merlin*, and some newly fledged juvenile *Horned Larks* . The road to Plum Creek Nature Area had *Western Kingbird*, *Grasshopper Sparrow*, and another large gathering of *Vesper Sparrows*. A highlight at Marston Reservoir (Denver) was a *Caspian Tern* soaring high over in the company of some *Franklin's Gulls*. Also noted were *White-faced Ibis* (6), *Greater Scaup*, seven species of shorebirds, and 42 *Yellow-headed Blackbirds*. Hildebrand Ranch Open Space and nearby Deer Creek Canyon Road (Jefferson) had 1 each *Lazuli Bunting*, *Blue-gray Gnatcatcher*, *Clay-colored Sparrow*, *Lark Bunting*, and another pile of *Vesper Sparrows*. Back home at Ken-Caryl Valley, a *Yellow Warbler* singing near my home was a first of season for there. A pair of *Red-breasted Nuthatches *has been in residence since winter and I am guessing might be thinking of nesting there, down out of the hills and out of the forest. They are very welcome, of course. I've continued to have sporadic *Cassin's Finch *detections and some *Evening Grosbeaks* went over the other day. David Suddjian Littleton, CO -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGj6Roqc5F1k5NAcpY8RgyGeAaNMrO9S1EqHn2hT-4wJHKUANA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
