Cherry Creek Reservoir

February 13, 2009

Really spent the day resting and remembering what a great day yesterday was!

Rebecca Kosten and I did drive through Cherry Creek Reservoir (Arapahoe County) while doing chores.

Few birds were around. Only a dozen Ring-billed Gulls stood on the little bit of ice still found in the northeast corner of the lake.

A lone 1st year Bald Eagle stared at the woods below the Dam's Tower. A Sharp-shinned Hawk flew across the road at the Cottonwood Creek Loop. A Cooper's Hawk was perched at the Lake Loop.

Hawk count was 1 Harlan's Red-tail, 2 dark-morph Red-tailed, and 7 western Red-tailed Hawks.

A flock of 31 American Tree Sparrows and 19 American Robins ate along the side of the Lake Loop road.