October 22, 2014
Richard Stevens:
I had to get out of the house on this beautiful fall day.
Another visit to Aurora Reservoir (Arapahoe County) found the Lesser Black-backed Gull too far from shore for a decent photo. Today it was in the northwest corner, below the dam.
I spent several hours walking the shore at Barr Lake (Adams). I ended up counting larger birds because of lack of shorebirds. Four hundred sixty one American White Pelicans, no Brown Pelicans. Nine hundred eight three Double-crested Cormorants, not one Neotropic Cormorant. Too many Ring-billed Gulls to count. One thousand four hundred plus Western Grebes, a couple of Clark's Grebes among them. At least two Lesser Black-backed Gulls continued at the shrinking lake.
No birds were found at the banding station area. The Barn Owls have fledged. I did not even find the resident pair of Downy Woodpeckers today.
Finally, a couple of songbirds were encountered during the mile hike below the dam. Twelve Yellow-rumped Warblers fluttered about outlet number 5. An Orange-crowned Warbler was among them. It has been years since I was excited by seeing an Orange-crowned Warbler (probably 20+ as it is has 22 years since it was a lifebird). Songbirds have been quite scarce this fall.
No owls were found as I drove the DIA Owl Loop at sunset.
Richard Stevens:
I had to get out of the house on this beautiful fall day.
Another visit to Aurora Reservoir (Arapahoe County) found the Lesser Black-backed Gull too far from shore for a decent photo. Today it was in the northwest corner, below the dam.
I spent several hours walking the shore at Barr Lake (Adams). I ended up counting larger birds because of lack of shorebirds. Four hundred sixty one American White Pelicans, no Brown Pelicans. Nine hundred eight three Double-crested Cormorants, not one Neotropic Cormorant. Too many Ring-billed Gulls to count. One thousand four hundred plus Western Grebes, a couple of Clark's Grebes among them. At least two Lesser Black-backed Gulls continued at the shrinking lake.
No birds were found at the banding station area. The Barn Owls have fledged. I did not even find the resident pair of Downy Woodpeckers today.
Finally, a couple of songbirds were encountered during the mile hike below the dam. Twelve Yellow-rumped Warblers fluttered about outlet number 5. An Orange-crowned Warbler was among them. It has been years since I was excited by seeing an Orange-crowned Warbler (probably 20+ as it is has 22 years since it was a lifebird). Songbirds have been quite scarce this fall.
No owls were found as I drove the DIA Owl Loop at sunset.
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