Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Birding the Foothills

May 1, 2014

Richard Stevens:

Rebecca Kosten and I stopped at Rocky Mountain Lake (Denver County); the Long-tailed Duck is still on the lake!

The Golden-crowned Sparrow did not show up in the 30 minutes we watched behind the Red Rocks Park Trading Post.

Then we continued west to Genesee Mountain Park (Jefferson).  A male Williamson's Sapsucker was found around the pavilion at the group picnic area.  Another male and a female were observed around the snag near the flagpole at the top of the park.

Later Burrowing Owls were observed at the Prairie Dog Town at 3.4 miles east of Tower Road & 96th avenue.

A Great-tailed Grackle was at the feedlot at 152nd avenue & Picadilly Road.  The Ibis were at the flooded field along 152nd avenue, 0.1 miles east of Picadilly Road.

I picked up Bryan Ehlmann and Mark Abrams and we headed into the mountains.  A quick stop at Crow Valley Campground (Weld) found the Painted Redstart reported earlier in the day.

We searched unsuccessfully for Flammulated Owls on Pennock Pass (Larimer).

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