September 8, 2017
A return to Chatfield
Reservoir (Jefferson/Douglas) was not as successful as hoped. One Sabine's Gull flew around below the
northeast corner of the dam. It stayed
too far away for photos.
A Lesser Black-backed Gull
stood among several hundred Ring-billed Gulls and a couple of California Gulls
on the marina sand spit.
Black Phoebe and Eastern Phoebe,
which hung around the swim beach area since 9/2, were not relocated.
I drove over to Deer Creek Canyon (Jefferson) searching
for the Eastern Phoebes that had summered there. They were not found today.
A hike up Spring Valley
Ranch (Jefferson) found an "out of place" Ovenbird, several Scrub
Jays and a pair of Black-capped Chickadees.
I stopped at Hildebrand Ranch
Park (Jefferson). It is located east of Deer Canyon
Park and west of
Chatfield Reservoir. Mostly I was taking
photos for "Colorado Field Notes".
An Indigo Bunting sang from
the western end of the parking area. An
Eastern Phoebe was 20 yards or so east of the old barn at the eastern end of
same parking area.
An hour before sunset I
returned to Deer Creek Park. No owls were found this evening and none was
picked up by the two "owl listening stations" that were planted.
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