Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Return to Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Adams County

September 30, 2009

Richard Stevens:

Five of us met at 6:00am at Rocky Mountain Arsenal. Hours change tomorrow (7:30 am to 4:00 pm) so visiting the arsenal before sunrise (and civil twilight) will not be possible until daylight saving time ends. After sunset visits will have to wait until late winter.

I played the Long-eared Owl recording and within 5 minutes a Long-eared Owl came out of one of the New Mexico Locust Groves (first discovered last Saturday). Unfortunately, the Barn Owl was not as cooperative.

Gary Weston and I later hiked the south side of the Lake Ladora trail, the Rod & Gun Club trail, and the Havana Ponds trail. Winds were steady at 10-12+ mph with gusts to 22+ mph.

Few birds were found. A couple of Canada Geese were on the R&GC ponds. Many Ring-billed Gulls and about a dozen Franklin’s Gulls were at Havana Ponds. No shorebirds today.

Picking out any passerines in the rapid moving leaves of the cottonwoods and locust trees was close to impossible. Winds made hearing any birds also out of the question.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Owl Search West of Fort Collins

September 28-29, 2009

Richard Stevens:

Bryan & Sue Ehlmann, Rebecca Kosten and I birded in Jackson County yesterday. I have six Boreal Owl locations which are close to driving roads and another seven that require some hiking (as much as 3 miles one way). I could not get anyone to go for a hike last night, so we only visited the six sites close to a road. We heard one Boreal Owl south of the Crags Campgrounds.

Usually I visit about 155 sites during the summer. Only 13 were active in 2009 (or I only found Boreal Owls at those 13).

During the day we visited the Colorado State Forest building several times. Most of the birds coming to the feeders were Pine Siskins. A pair of Pine Grosbeak did show up once.

Wilson's Warblers, White-crowned Sparrows, and a MacGillivray's Warbler are still using the willows behind the building. We listened for American Three-toed Woodpeckers; without success.

A side trip was made to the ghost town, Teller City. We had no luck in finding American Three-toed Woodpeckers or Northern Pygmy-Owls this trip. Dark-eyed Juncos were the majority of birds fluttering about the self guided hiking tour.

This morning a detour was made to Rabbit Ears Pass. An American Three-toed Woodpecker was found up the road to the maintenance shed (same location as last spring).

No White-winged Crossbills were located along Forest Roads 550 and 504 in Routt County.

No grouse showed up at the CR 26 leks/road north of Highway 14. It was dark when we passed Walden Reservoir.

On the way back to Denver tonight, we found a Flammulated Owl on Pennock Pass. In 2009 I found six active sites, four of which are close to roads. See CoBus website for directions.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Return to Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Adams County

September 27, 2009

Richard Stevens:

I returned to Rocky Mountain Arsenal with Rebecca Kosten this morning when they opened at 6:00 am. Winds were stronger than yesterday; 15+ mph, gusts to 21 mph.

A Long-eared Owl flew up about 6:31 am! No Barn Owls responded to my recordings this morning.

We then hiked to the Rod and Gun Club bird blind by way of the southern end of the Lake Ladora trail. A Black-and-white Warbler was in the cottonwoods below the Lower Derby Lake dam. No Cassin's Vireo was found today. One House Wren rattled along the canal below the dam.

At the R & GC bird blind we saw 6 Yellow-rumped Warblers fluttering about. A Palm Warbler was trailing behind them as they worked the trees and headed slightly north of the trail.

The number of Franklin's Gulls at Havana Ponds had doubled since yesterday. Still no Sabine's or Laughing Gulls in the mix. Today a Lesser Yellowlegs walked the northeast shore. I am positive that yesterday there was a Greater Yellowlegs, indicating a slight turnover in birds overnight.

I played Long-eared Owl recordings at four or five of the New Mexico Locust "groves" passed. Nothing responded at any of them. In the past, Long-eared Owls have responded even at 2:00 pm in the afternoon. Perhaps the winds had something to do with the lack of a response?

Birding Around Denver, Mostly Adams County

September 26, 2009

Richard Stevens:

Jerry Petrosky and I arrived at Rocky Mountain Arsenal (Adams County) just as it opened at 6:00 am. Sunrise was 6:52 am; Civil Twilight 6:25 am. By the way, hours change on October 1st, when the arsenal and Visitor's Center will open at 7:00 am and close at 4:30 pm. Guess they are not going to pay for a guard at the front gate this winter; too bad, it was nice to wander the grounds until dark in the winter looking for owls and sparrows.

As I expected, when I played a Barn Owl recording at one of the larger groves of Mexican Locust trees mixed with sparse cottonwoods, a Barn Owl called back. It answered for about 2 minutes before becoming quiet.

I then played a Long-eared Owl recording (at 6:40 am). To our surprise (though I did suspect that Long-eared Owls were here/there) two Long-eared Owls circled over our heads for about 20 seconds before returning to the thick Locust trees!

We then hiked about 6.2 miles of the public trails. What a beautiful fall day. Winds were a little strong, blowing the leaves and making picking out birds a little difficult (steady 10+ mph, gusts to 18 mph), but we enjoyed the hike.

Highlights:
A Cassin's Vireo was in the cottonwoods below the Lower Derby Lake dam. As we watched the vireo, a Cooper's Hawk flew through the trees after a rather scared and quick flying Ruddy Duck.

The northern side of the Lake Ladora trail was closed at Lower Derby (due to construction) so we were not able to check the canal between Lakes Derby and Ladora.

We turned around and hiked to the Rod and Gun Club trail. This year there is a good amount of water east of the Bird Blind. Ruddy Ducks, American Coots, Gadwalls and a few Canada Geese were taking advantage of the ponds that have been dried up for years. We saw our first shorebird of the day, one Killdeer.

A vireo which avoided identification fluttered about with 4 Yellow-rumped Warblers above the bird blind. The vireo (which turned out to be a Cassin's Vireo) eventually flew to the Mexican Locust trees just west of the cottonwoods surrounding the blind.

We chased after it so as to finally identify it. While watching the vireo, my binoculars caught two eyes staring back at me. It turned out to be our third Long-eared Owl of the day! Two Sharp-shinned Hawks circled, more interested in each other, than us!

We headed back toward our car and noticed a new mobile bird blind at Havana Ponds; we so detoured 0.4 miles south to have a look. Several additional Killdeer and a Greater Yellowlegs walked the northeast shore of Havana Ponds. There were quite a few Ring-billed Gulls and common ducks. Another pair of Sharp-shinned Hawks was in the few cottonwoods south of the ponds.

We scoped through the 14 Franklin's Gulls looking for a Sabine's Gull or Laughing Gull; without success.

A side note to the Ranger who decided to use the side of the blind for a restroom, never assume in today's world that you are alone when outside. We debated as to whether to knock on the blind's window, but did not. I do not believe she figured out we were in the blind.

A leisure walk back to the Visitor's Center found 5 Rock Wrens wandering around the Prairie Dog Village south of Havana Ponds. Several of the Rock Wrens dove down into the mounds; guess a good place to find insects/fleas. Can Rock Wrens carry "bubonic plague virus"?

There was a nice collection of sparrows along the southeast side of Lake Ladora. White-crowned, 2 Song, 4 Chipping, and a Lincoln's. A Green-tailed Towhee used one of the higher and thicker bushes for cover.

Our trek ended with a quick circling of Mary's Lake. House Finches and many Red-winged Blackbirds were along the south side. On the south side, we encountered a "strange" little dark sparrow like bird. Very dark back, no white in tail, wings, head, back, anywhere. It flew, but dove back onto ground in thick cover each time. Very short tailed, very small, definitely no white in fanned tail (saw it fly and land four times). No idea what it was? If it was an "ammodramus", ouch, we missed identifying it. The grasses were wet, which could have made it look darker than normal.

The trail back to the Visitor's Center leads through a "cottonwood grove". Two Black-capped Chickadees caught our attention. They lead us to a Black-and-white Warbler wandering along the branches.

While I had a two hour meeting at Riverside Cemetery, Jerry walked the west side sparse "riparian area". He found an Orange-crowned Warbler, several Rock Wrens, and another mixed sparrow flock.

We then decided to head west to Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge (Jefferson County) as it was the last day it is open in 2009 (May to September, Tuesday through Saturday). At 72.2 acres, it maybe the smallest National Wildlife Refuge in the country, sixty three point two acres of uplands and 9 acres of wetlands.

A Gray Catbird was along the south side of the wetlands area. A Townsend's Warbler was high in the cottonwoods just inside the north entrance. Perhaps one could relocate this bird from outside of the entrance, but I would not count on it.

Our birding day ended with a two hour search for the Northern Parula found yesterday by Sue Ehlmann and Rebecca Kosten near mile marker 3.0 at Barr Lake (Adams). We had no luck, but did find a Cassin's Kingbird at mm 3.2. What's up with all the Cassin's Kingbirds this year? Traditionally they appear to migrate later than Western Kingbirds; there sure seems to be many of them along the front range this year (or is it more birders out)?

We did pass the Burrowing Owl site at 3.4 miles east of Tower Road and 96th Avenue. Still at least two Burrowing Owls there. No Short-eared Owls along the DIA Owl Loop (that's Denver International Airport).

Eastern Plains, Fall Counts

September 21 to 25, 2009

Fall Counts; see October's "Colorado Field Notes"
(eventually will post here after CFN is shipped)

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Return to Barr Lake State Park

September 20, 2009

Bryan Ehlmann:

Richard Stevens and I took a leisurely walk at Barr Lake State Park this morning. We started at the boat ramp, hiked to the banding station, then back to the boat ramp and continued to the northeast end of the dam.

At first light a Barn Owl was observed flying between mile marker 8.0 and the Pioneer Trail. We couldn't relocate the bird as we continued south and west.

A Townsend's Warbler was high in the trees south and west of the Pioneer Trail (mile marker 8.2).

Nothing uncommon was encountered. We did see:
Hermit Thrush (1)
Swainson's Thrush (1)
Spotted Towhee (2)
Green-tailed Towhee (1)
Lincoln's Sparrow (2)
Warbling Vireo (1)

Below the dam (mm 7.0 to 6.0)
Common Yellowthroat
Swainson's Thrush (which really looked a lot like a Gray-cheeked Thrush, but we eventually discounted the possibility).
Lincoln's Sparrow
Song Sparrow (4)
Dark-eyed Juncos (9)
Lark Sparrow (7)

Return to Rocky Mountain Arsenal

September 19, 2009

Bryan Ehlmann:

Richard Stevens and I returned to Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Adams County. We wanted to see how many of last week's birds remained and to see if any new migrants had arrived.

We arrived right when they opened and our first stop was to play owl recordings at the Governor's Row. No owls answered; the area is off limits to hikers, so only an auditory search is possible. Both Barn Owls and Long-eared Owls have been found here in the past.

We circled Lake Ladora, and then hiked to the end of the Rod and Gun Club trail and finally did the Havana Ponds trail.

Birds were few. We found a couple of Lincoln's Sparrows east of Lake Ladora; 61 Chipping Sparrows south of the lake; a Brown Thrasher was along the canal between Lower Derby and Ladora (this was the area of the Cassin's Vireo and Northern Waterthrush last weekend).

Our highlight was a female/1st year American Redstart at the end of the R & G Club trail.

No owls, eagles, falcons were found.

Return to Phantom Canyon

September 18, 2009

Gary Weston: Another late start, we drove around Pueblo Reservoir hoping to get a look at the Sabine's Gull reported last Tuesday. Again another bird eluded us but in our defense Pueblo Reservoir is huge. We did add Canyon Towhees, Scaled Quail and a Say's Phoebe to our trip list.

At dusk we returned to Phantom Canyon Road. We missed a resident Northern Saw-whet Owl at Juno Oro; one of our favorite spots to hear or see one near dusk.

The rest of the night was spent again searching unsuccessfully for Spotted Owls up Phantom Canyon.

Search for Owls along Greenhorn Highway

September 17, 2009

Gary Weston: After getting a few hours of sleep, we searched for the Rufous-crowned Sparrows of Tunnel Drive, Canon City. They eluded us. It is a little weird to be sleeping during the day, but owling most of the night allowed no other choice. I am tired.

Heading south, we drove up Ophir Creek Road. A Three-toed Woodpecker was found along the drive, no way to explain where. More interesting were a couple of bats. We just joined the Colorado Bat Society and are trying to learn our bats. They don't sit still, out in the open anyway. It took great effort to see field marks to identify them.

At dusk we drove highway 165 between Lake Isabel and Ophir Creek Road and then farther north to the Wixton Divide. One of our target birds was found when a Dusky Grouse was seen walking along the side of the road, also called the Greenhorn Highway.

Without giving specifics, eventually 4 Northern Saw-whet Owls (2 locations) and 3 Flammulated Owls (2 locations) were found!

Phantom Canyon

September 16, 2009

Gary Weston: We continued our search for owls today. Before sunrise we searched the Manitou Experimental Forest for owls. The area is best known for Flammulated Owls, but there could be Pygmy Owls. We found neither.

We drove up to the Crags Campgrounds just to explore. Near dusk we played Northern Pygmy-Owl recordings but received no responses.

Next, we went into Canon City for some nourishment and then walked the Arkansas Riverwalk. A Black Phoebe was found about a 1/2 mile west of the eastern parking lot. We searched the area where Rich Miller had found a Prothonotary Warbler back on 9/14. The bird appears to have taken off.

Richard wanted some photos of the new Pathfinder Park near Florence, so that was our next stop. Jeffery found one of the Black Phoebes that has spent the summer here. David Elwonger first reported one back on April 14th.

Our main target was the Spotted Owls of Phantom Canyon. I think we drove the complete road twice and most of the area with high canyon walls at least five times. Not a whimper from any owls.

Cheesman Reservoir and Deckers Area

September 15, 2009

Gary Weston: Jeffrey Cannon, Richard Stevens and I went looking for owls along Highway 67 (Deckers Road). Richard had past waypoints on four Northern Pygmy-Owl locations. Two of them turned out to be successful. We got to see a Northern Pygmy-Owl on the east side of Hwy 67 just after it turns from a paved road to gravel.

We carried on south and arrived at Cheesman Canyon Trail parking lot about an hour after sunrise. First we walked Highway 126 up to the green trailer west of the trailhead parking lot. In past years Lewis's Woodpeckers and Red-headed Woodpeckers have been reported south of the road. Regrettably, we found neither.

We then made the long journey up Cheesman Canyon Road to the Reservoir. Forest fires have devastated the trail. This proved to be a good thing for Three-toed Woodpeckers who like to forage among the dead trees. Our Three-toed Woodpecker count ended up being 4!

There wasn't much activity at the reservoir. We found a few Red-breasted Nuthatches and White-breasted Nuthatches foraging in the surrounding trees. Nothing was on the water and there was no shore for shorebirds to use.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Raining Weather Continues

September 13, 2009

Richard Stevens:

Geoffrey Cannon and I continued our search for Boreal Owls until civil twilight; having no success we gave up before sunrise.

After a few hours of sleep, Geoffrey and I drove up to Pawnee National Grasslands and found a Chestnut-collared Longspur in the field southeast of Highway 85 and Weld County Road 114. A McCown's Longspur was found along CR 96, west of CR 77 and we continued to Crow Valley Campground.

We did not find the Blackburnian, Nashville, Tennessee and Blackpoll Warblers reported yesterday, but did see 2 Townsend's Warblers and a Cassin's Vireo.

The Arctic and Common Terns reported yesterday at Lower Latham Reservoir were also missed.

We received a text message about a Hudsonian Godwit at the Timnath Reservoir mudflats and back tracked to the reservoir. The Hudsonian Godwit was not seen from Larimer County Road 13, so we drove into the new subdivision just north.

A short walk over to the west end of the mudflats found the Hudsonian Godwit! Thanks to Carla Stiles for finding and reporting the shorebird!

It had been a long couple of days; I was glad to set a course for home!

Birding On a Raining Overcast Day

September 12, 2009

Richard Stevens:

I enjoyed one of those fantastic birding days. The weather was overcast all day with scattered rain showers in the afternoon.

My day started at first light up Mt. Evans (Clear Creek County). English birder Jeffery Cannon and I attempted to get to the top of the mountain. Unfortunately, the road was closed at Summit Lake.

That did not matter as we walked up the road (south) and found 2 White-tailed Ptarmigan just past Summit Lake. Then we hiked to the west side of Summit Lake where we found 2 Brown-capped Rosy Finches on the rocks (hillside to north of northwest corner).

After returning to Denver, I met up with Gary Weston and we headed to Rocky Mountain Arsenal (Adams County). Gary walked the Prairie Trail to Havana Ponds while I hiked the Lake Ladora loop.

While Gary was finding a Long-eared Owl in the thickets along the Woodland Trail, I found a few good birds also. A Northern Waterthrush walked along the creek between Lake Ladora and Lower Derby Lake (about 1/4 upstream from Lake Ladora). A Cassin's Vireo flew about the tall cottonwoods below Lower Derby Lake (east end of the creek/inlet stream to Lake Ladora).

The prize however was a small vireo that came out of the brush/cattails along the east side of Lake Ladora (just west of where the trail enters a tunnel formed by the cottonwoods). I was watching two House Wrens when a small grayish bird with a distinctive broken white eye ring popped up. I was thinking Blue-gray Gnatcatcher until I saw the larger size and vireo shaped thicker bill!

I called Gary and he rushed over to see the Bell's Vireo too! (Later, after picking Bryan Ehlmann up at DIA (Denver International Airport) we returned and relocated the vireo in the same thickets).

Other birds seen on my hike included 10 House Wrens, 2 Western Kingbirds, a Yellow Warbler, 2 Orange-crowned Warblers, and 5 Wilson's Warblers.

Near dark Gary and Bryan headed for home and I met up with Geoffrey Cannon; we headed up to Cameron Pass (Jackson) by way of Pennock Pass (Larimer).

It was windy when we arrived at Pennock Pass (Larimer), but the rain had not started yet. We managed to find Flammulated Owls at two locations. I am still trying to calculate when the Flammulated Owls leave Colorado for the winter. (In my experience, most leave before October 15th).

We continued on to Cameron Pass (Jackson) where it was raining (which turned into snow at the summit). Winds were steady 30+ mph with gusts to 42 mph. We stopped at five of my favorite (successful) locations; without finding any Boreal Owls.

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Birding Around Denver County

September 11, 2009

Richard Stevens:

Gary Weston and I went over to the Lowry Westerly Creek Dam and Wetlands to search for the American Bittern reported yesterday. The area where it was reported seemed strange as the creek is close to a road and bike path. (Later the birder who reported it changed their mind and said it was an immature Black-crowned Night-Heron).

We however, scoped the large pond and found an American Bittern sticking its head out of the cattails at the southwest end. A Great Egret was hunting for food at the smaller pond to the west while a Snowy Egret hunted along the outlet canal.

While hiking from the Sports Complex to the ponds we found many sparrows (Lark, Vesper, and Brewer's). A lone Wilson's Warbler was in the riparian area below and north of the dam.

We walked the riparian area south of the dam and found a Northern Waterthrush at the northwest corner. This area could be good in the next couple of weeks for migrating birds (and probably is not birded much or at all).

Afterwards we went to nearby Fairmount Cemetery and walked the southern and eastern borders (where there are nice lines of deciduous trees). There were no rare birds but we did find 2 House Wrens and an Orange-crowned Warbler.

Around the cemetery we also found 2 White-breasted Nuthatches and 2 Rock Wrens. We did not see the Barn Owls that are reported to live along the Highline Canal.

Finally, I went over to Bluff Lake Nature Area by myself. The best bird was a Nashville Warbler in the northwest corner. A lone Western Wood-pewee was in the same area.

Except for sparrows (Lark and Vesper Sparrow), not much else was seen. I could not get a response to my Eastern Screech-Owl tapes this trip.

Riverside Cemetery

September 10, 2009

Richard Stevens:

I joined the DFO Trip to Riverside Cemetery (parts of which can not be accessed without special permission). Most of the cemetery is in Adams County; a small southern part is in Denver County.

The best birds however were in areas that one can bird from 8 to 5 daily. The western side of the cemetery has a strip of riparian area and a pond (sometimes two in wetter years).

The most interesting birds were found at the west end of the cemetery (at the southern end of above mentioned riparian area and overlooking the dry southern pond, Denver County). A flock of warblers included a Virginia's Warbler, first year American Redstart, Wilson's Warbler, and Orange-crowned Warbler.

At the larger northern pond we counted 35+ Snowy Egrets, 2 Spotted Sandpipers, Killdeer and a Wilson's Snipe. Watching that many Snowy Egrets fly in about an hour after sunset was interesting but not as much as the 84+ we saw at Jumbo Reservoir last week.

At the extreme southwestern end of the cemetery (access only through a trip) a Warbling Vireo and 2 additional Orange-crowned Warblers were found.

Around the more open areas, we found 4+ Rock Wrens, many sparrows (Lark, Brewer's, Chipping, Vesper, and 1 Clay-colored Sparrow), Western Kingbirds, 2 Lark Buntings, an unidentified "Empidonax" flycatcher,

Just to prove it is impossible to go anywhere without one, an Eurasian Collared-Dove flew in from the south side. A Cooper's Hawk and Red-tailed Hawk flew to different parts of the cemetery to avoid the crowd created by us.

Finally, at the extreme northeast corner I found a Ruby-crowned Kinglet fluttering about the evergreens. We did not see the three Wild Turkeys that workers have been seeing for several weeks.

Northeastern Bird Trip

To be filled in later!

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Cherry Creek Reservoir and Douglas County

September 1, 2009

Richard Stevens:

I returned to Cherry Creek Reservoir (Arapahoe County) this morning and was successful in getting about 40 photos of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper. From 7:15am to 8:20am it wandered along the eastern shore of the pond at the new wetlands. Also present were Baird's Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, and 17 Wilson's Snipe!

Afterwards I drove down to Castlewood Canyon State Park, hung around the northwestern entrance to see if any vultures (Black Vulture?) would take off. None did from 9:30am to 10:45am and I left.

I could not find any Bobolink or Dickcissel south of the Winkler Ranch. Four Wild Turkey walked across the road north of the Winkler Ranch. There were quite a few birds along Castlewood Canyon, south of the ranch including Spotted Towhee, Gray Catbird, House Wren, Blue Grosbeak, Cordilleran Flycatcher, Western Scrub-Jay, a pair of Steller's Jays, Vesper Sparrow, Grasshopper Sparrow, Common Yellowthroat, and a Wilson's Warbler.

A bugling male Elk came over the western ridge and watched me for a while before heading back west!

I spent about an hour along Elbert County Road south of Kiowa (Elbert County Road). Did not see or hear any Dickcissels, but it was not the best time of the day. Winds 6-8 mph; gusts to 14 mph; temperature already 82. Two Common Nighthawks rested on fence posts along Elbert Road.

My trek continued down to Cheesman Reservoir (why do I always pick a hot day to make the hike up the Cheesman Canyon Trail to the reservoir from CR 126?

I did not find any Lewis's Woodpeckers or Red-headed Woodpeckers along CR 126, but did count 4 American Three-toed Woodpeckers along the Cheesman Canyon Trail. Nothing uncommon was seen at the reservoir itself.

Wandering around until dark I searched for owls around the reservoir and back along highway 67. Only one Northern Pygmy-Owl answered my recordings tonight!

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Trip to Northeastern Colorado

August 31, 2009

Bryan Ehlmann: It was Sue's and my turn to look for the Neotropic Cormorant at Timnath Reservoir. When we arrived the Neotropic Cormorant was on the mudflats east of County Line Road. There were many shorebirds out there also; nothing we called rare.

We hopped over to Cottonwood Hollow Natural Area west of I25 to look for the Least Bitterns. Richard Stevens had recorded audio last Friday that indicated that two of the Least Bitterns are still around. We however could not find them. Two Green Herons perched in dead trees on the eastern side of the Artist's Point pond. Another Green Heron fly into the dead tree by the information sign for Artist's Point. A small flock of warblers flew about the trees on either side of the trail that drops down to the pond, north of the information sign.

We then headed to Crow Valley Campground in Weld County. Along the way we stopped to look for Mountain Plovers at Highway 14 and CR 51 and the field 0.7 miles east of same intersection. Regrettably we found no plovers but did see Burrowing Owls at both locations.

A few nice birds flew around Crow Valley Campground. We saw 2 Cassin's Vireos, a Plumbeous Vireo, and an Olive-sided Flycatcher.

Our last stop of the day was Prewitt Reservoir in Washington County. The Little Blue Heron is still along highway 6 between I76 and the reservoir.