Bryan Ehlmann and I went out looking to start our 2008 bird list.
At first light we walked around the Denver West Office complex. The Pine Warbler (Schofield, 11/30) was in the area between buildings # 17 & # 15. It came down the feeder at # 17 a couple of times and then circled to the south side of # 15. In my experience, it ends up around building # 7 as the day goes on. We also saw Yellow-rumped Warblers, Pine Siskin, Red Crossbill, Red-breasted Nuthatch, White-breasted Nuthatch, Mountain Chickadee, and Black-capped Chickadee. The final bird seen there was a Brown Creeper!
Our next stop was the South Platte River at 88th & Colorado Blvd. The short 1 mile hike to the green & white tower added a male Barrow's Goldeneye (Cryder, 11/20) and several ducks (Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail Duck, Lesser Scaup, Gadwall, Mallard, Common Goldeneye, American Coot) and Killdeer. Sparrows included Song & White-crowned Sparrow.
From there we headed North to search for Bohemian Waxwings in the Longmont area. We did not have any luck there, received a text message and headed to Louisville. Thanks to Sharon Norfleet, we found 20+ Bohemian Waxwings a half mile north of Harper Lake. They were along Centennial Drive, a few blocks north of Garfield & S. Boulder Road (close to where Sharon had found them earlier in the day).
We headed back toward the DIA Owl loop by way of 56th Avenue (south side of Rocky Mountain Arsenal). Standing south of 56th & the Havana Ponds, it only took 25 minutes before we observed a Peregrine Falcon fly over and land on the tall metal electric poles.
Our birding day ended at the Owl Loop. We could not relocate a Snow Bunting but did see many Horned Larks and 2 Lapland Longspurs! We also added Red-tailed Hawk, Ferruginous Hawk, Northern Harrier, American Kestrel, and Prairie Falcon to our day list. Unfortunately no Short-eared Owls made an appearance.
At first light we walked around the Denver West Office complex. The Pine Warbler (Schofield, 11/30) was in the area between buildings # 17 & # 15. It came down the feeder at # 17 a couple of times and then circled to the south side of # 15. In my experience, it ends up around building # 7 as the day goes on. We also saw Yellow-rumped Warblers, Pine Siskin, Red Crossbill, Red-breasted Nuthatch, White-breasted Nuthatch, Mountain Chickadee, and Black-capped Chickadee. The final bird seen there was a Brown Creeper!
Our next stop was the South Platte River at 88th & Colorado Blvd. The short 1 mile hike to the green & white tower added a male Barrow's Goldeneye (Cryder, 11/20) and several ducks (Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail Duck, Lesser Scaup, Gadwall, Mallard, Common Goldeneye, American Coot) and Killdeer. Sparrows included Song & White-crowned Sparrow.
From there we headed North to search for Bohemian Waxwings in the Longmont area. We did not have any luck there, received a text message and headed to Louisville. Thanks to Sharon Norfleet, we found 20+ Bohemian Waxwings a half mile north of Harper Lake. They were along Centennial Drive, a few blocks north of Garfield & S. Boulder Road (close to where Sharon had found them earlier in the day).
We headed back toward the DIA Owl loop by way of 56th Avenue (south side of Rocky Mountain Arsenal). Standing south of 56th & the Havana Ponds, it only took 25 minutes before we observed a Peregrine Falcon fly over and land on the tall metal electric poles.
Our birding day ended at the Owl Loop. We could not relocate a Snow Bunting but did see many Horned Larks and 2 Lapland Longspurs! We also added Red-tailed Hawk, Ferruginous Hawk, Northern Harrier, American Kestrel, and Prairie Falcon to our day list. Unfortunately no Short-eared Owls made an appearance.
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