Sunday, March 18, 2012

A Drive Around Denver

March 17, 2012

Richard Stevens:

Rebecca Kosten and I stopped by Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area (Adams County). The American Dipper was along Clear Creek, just east of Lowell Blvd.

Then Rebecca and I drove through Cherry Creek Reservoir (Arapahoe County). The many gulls were common, many Ring-billed, dozens of California and a few Herring Gulls still around.

NOTE: After looking over my photos, I noticed a 1st year Thayer's Gull among the gulls!

We stopped at Star K Ranch (Adams) the last hour before sunset. Thought the Harris's Sparrow was gone, but we were happy to watch the mule deer. About 7:00 pm, a couple of Black-capped Chickadees visited the feeders (someone had forgotten to take them down). This brought a female Red-winged Blackbird and surprise, the Harris's Sparrow!

No Short-eared Owls or Burrowing Owls seen after sunset along the DIA Owl Loop (Adams).

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