January 9, 2012
Richard Stevens:
I received a call Sunday from a friend in Centennial about a large reddish sparrow. From her description, it sounded like it could be a red form of Fox Sparrow.
I have wanted to get over to the Highline Canal in the area to check on Owls, so Bryan Ehlmann and I headed that way early this morning.
We watched my friend's backyard for about 20 minutes before the suspect sparrow made an appearance. The bird was a very reddish looking Song Sparrow.
Afterwards we hiked the Highline Canal from Hampden Avenue to East Bellevue Avenue. An Eastern Screech-Owl was "out sunning" at the north end of our hike (Arapahoe County).
Centennial Park was not far away; it was visited next. The Lesser Black-backed Gull was on the ice when we arrive. After 10 minutes, it took off with many Ring-billed Gulls and flew to the Waste Management Area across the road.
Continuing in Arapahoe County, our trek took us to Cherry Creek Reservoir. The less than 20 gulls there were all Ring-billed Gulls.
On the eastern Arapahoe County and Aurora Reservoir, we decided to checkout the gulls there. None of the uncommon gulls from last week was found when we hiked down to the swim beach area.
Our birding day ended on Bill Cryder's deck. We scoped the reservoir until dark. No Snowy Owls appeared.
Richard Stevens:
I received a call Sunday from a friend in Centennial about a large reddish sparrow. From her description, it sounded like it could be a red form of Fox Sparrow.
I have wanted to get over to the Highline Canal in the area to check on Owls, so Bryan Ehlmann and I headed that way early this morning.
We watched my friend's backyard for about 20 minutes before the suspect sparrow made an appearance. The bird was a very reddish looking Song Sparrow.
Afterwards we hiked the Highline Canal from Hampden Avenue to East Bellevue Avenue. An Eastern Screech-Owl was "out sunning" at the north end of our hike (Arapahoe County).
Centennial Park was not far away; it was visited next. The Lesser Black-backed Gull was on the ice when we arrive. After 10 minutes, it took off with many Ring-billed Gulls and flew to the Waste Management Area across the road.
Continuing in Arapahoe County, our trek took us to Cherry Creek Reservoir. The less than 20 gulls there were all Ring-billed Gulls.
On the eastern Arapahoe County and Aurora Reservoir, we decided to checkout the gulls there. None of the uncommon gulls from last week was found when we hiked down to the swim beach area.
Our birding day ended on Bill Cryder's deck. We scoped the reservoir until dark. No Snowy Owls appeared.
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