Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Leisure Hike Around Rocky Mountain Arsenal

June 30, 2013

Richard Stevens:

Rebecca Kosten and I made a leisure walk around Rocky Mountain Arsenal (Adams) early this morning (about 4 miles, from Lake Ladora to Rod & Gun Club bird blind).  The Red-eyed Vireo first found by Rebecca & Sue Ehlmann on 6/28 was still in the cottonwoods just north of the blind.

We also checked the thick riparian area along 6th avenue (about 100 yards west of where the road turns from a paved road into gravel).  Many Bullock's Orioles, a Western Wood-pewee and an "empidonax flycatcher" were here.

The "empidonax flycatcher" only called briefly twice.  While we tried to make it into an Alder Flycatcher, in the end we decided it was a Willow Flycatcher.

Burrowing Owls were observed along the DIA Owl Loop (Adams County at 3.4 miles east of Tower Road & 96th Avenue) when we drove home.

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