Cherry Creek Reservoir

April 24, 2018

Richard Stevens:

It rained or snowed most of the afternoon today.  High Temperatures were 39 degrees a good 34 degrees colder than yesterday.  Winds were only 8-9 mph with a few gusts to 15 mph.

I stopped at Cherry Creek Reservoir (Arapahoe) while out doing chores.  I searched for the Long-billed Curlew reported earlier in the day; it was not relocated.

Basic and alternate plumaged Bonaparte's Gulls swam off the Lake Loop.  Twenty eight Yellow-headed Blackbirds walked around the Model Airplane Field road.  A Great-tailed Grackle and a few Common Grackles were at the Cottonwood Wetlands area.

At least two Marbled Godwits and four American Avocets walked the shore at Pelican Point.  They were partially hidden behind the willows; there may have been additional birds.

Forty two Chipping Sparrows and one Savannah Sparrow were along the road to the 12 mile Beaver Pond parking area.

As I left, Dick Filby called about his group watching a Broad-winged Hawk.  When I returned thirty minutes later, the Broad-winged Hawk was perched in trees between the upper Pelican Point parking area and Shop Creek parking area.

The Common Loon found two days ago was not relocated today.