Sunday, February 28, 2010

South Platte River and Wheat Ridge Greenbelt

February 20, 2010

Richard Stevens:

This morning I again needed some exercise and walked the South Platte River at 88th Avenue area. Two Long-tailed Ducks continue (today one on East Gravel Lake and one on the northern West Gravel Lake). The pair of Barrow's Goldeneyes was on northern West Gravel Lake.

In the afternoon, Rebecca and I returned to Wheat Ridge Greenbelt (Prospect Park, Jefferson County) to try to get a look at the Winter Wren. The woods were quite noisy when we arrived. A Northern Mockingbird was singing south of the boardwalk along the tree bridge trail.

The Winter Wren joined in on the cacophony. This time he came out of the thick brush along the creek and allowed us about 8 second looks before returning deep into thickets!

Two dozen Great-tailed Grackles remain around the first house south of the Tree Nursery at 152nd Avenue and Picadilly Road (a mile north of Barr Lake State Park, Adams County).

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