August 6, 2010
Richard Stevens:
Bryan Ehlmann and I returned to Banner Lakes Wildlife Area (Weld) about 3:00 AM this morning. Besides listening for migrating birds, I wanted to try out my new Astronomy App for my iphone. We recorded bird calls for about 2.5 hours and picked out a few constellations.
In the afternoon, Rebecca and I biked the path circling Aurora Reservoir (Arapahoe). The Lesser Black-backed Gull was swimming in the center of the lake. We did not find the Forster's Terns, however the Common Tern was standing on one of the buoys at the scuba area. We did not find a Common Loon.
To get a little more exercise, I decided to make a quick second loop (another 8.7 miles). I was about to declare that the Common Loons had moved on, when a Common Loon surfaced along the west shore at mile marker 3.0.
From Aurora Reservoir, we drove over to Buckley Road (56th to 88th avenue). We biked north and as we turned to return to 56th avenue, we were caught in the downpour. The rain was not a problem; however, the lightning was "interesting".
After dinner, Rebecca and I drove through Cherry Creek Reservoir (Arapahoe). The Bellevue wetlands (east of the model airplane field) has high water, weeds and no shore. Six Snowy Egrets and an immature Black-crowned Night-Heron waited patiently for food at the Cottonwood Creek wetlands.
One of the male Black-chinned Hummingbirds was still perched on a snag east of the ranger's office.
At the eastern sand spit, many Pelicans (no Brown), three Killdeer and many gulls mostly Ring-billed and a dozen California Gulls or so. A Lesser Black-backed Gull landed among them. We saw it fly in with 3 dozen gulls (from the direction of Aurora Reservoir, which is about 9 miles east-southeast of Cherry Creek Reservoir). It might be safe to conclude it is the same bird we observed earlier.
Richard Stevens:
Bryan Ehlmann and I returned to Banner Lakes Wildlife Area (Weld) about 3:00 AM this morning. Besides listening for migrating birds, I wanted to try out my new Astronomy App for my iphone. We recorded bird calls for about 2.5 hours and picked out a few constellations.
In the afternoon, Rebecca and I biked the path circling Aurora Reservoir (Arapahoe). The Lesser Black-backed Gull was swimming in the center of the lake. We did not find the Forster's Terns, however the Common Tern was standing on one of the buoys at the scuba area. We did not find a Common Loon.
To get a little more exercise, I decided to make a quick second loop (another 8.7 miles). I was about to declare that the Common Loons had moved on, when a Common Loon surfaced along the west shore at mile marker 3.0.
From Aurora Reservoir, we drove over to Buckley Road (56th to 88th avenue). We biked north and as we turned to return to 56th avenue, we were caught in the downpour. The rain was not a problem; however, the lightning was "interesting".
After dinner, Rebecca and I drove through Cherry Creek Reservoir (Arapahoe). The Bellevue wetlands (east of the model airplane field) has high water, weeds and no shore. Six Snowy Egrets and an immature Black-crowned Night-Heron waited patiently for food at the Cottonwood Creek wetlands.
One of the male Black-chinned Hummingbirds was still perched on a snag east of the ranger's office.
At the eastern sand spit, many Pelicans (no Brown), three Killdeer and many gulls mostly Ring-billed and a dozen California Gulls or so. A Lesser Black-backed Gull landed among them. We saw it fly in with 3 dozen gulls (from the direction of Aurora Reservoir, which is about 9 miles east-southeast of Cherry Creek Reservoir). It might be safe to conclude it is the same bird we observed earlier.
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