Monday, April 14, 2014

A Quick Drive Around Northern Denver

April 12, 2014

Richard Stevens:

Jerry Petrosky and I passed by Red Rocks Park (Jefferson County) and stopped for 30 minutes.  The Golden-crowned Sparrow and slate colored Sparrow briefly came out of the bushes and searched for food below the platform feeder.

Nothing else uncommon was seen.

Rocky Mountain Arsenal (Adams) was slow. We could not relocate the Greater Scaup that had been around for several weeks.

Only a couple of Killdeer were at the flooded field along Tower Road, 0.1 miles north of 96th avenue.  Unfortunately, the flooded field is drying up rapidly.  We hoped a few migrating shorebirds would stop for food and rest.

Five Burrowing Owls were observed at the prairie dog village at 3.4 miles east of Tower Road and 96th avenue.  No Short-eared Owls appeared this evening.

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