Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Cherry Creek Reservoir Area

August 29, 2018

Richard Stevens:

It was 89 degrees at 4:00 pm in Aurora.  Winds were 8-9 mph.  Rebecca and I passed through Cherry Creek Reservoir (Arapahoe) on our way to dinner.  Wednesday night concerts limit access especially to the Pelican Bay marina.

We did not find the Caspian Tern.  On the way out, we saw a Common Nighthawk cross Lake View Drive just south of Parker Road.  A little brown bat flew across East Hampden Avenue into the Meadow Hills Subdivision.

I followed hoping to get a photo of the bat, which never happened.  A better sighting was a Mississippi Kite flying just above the treetops at the south end of Dawson Street. After 6-8 minutes it disappeared to the southeast.

Later I remembered that Greg Schrab had reported a Mississippi Kite at the entrance of Cherry Creek Reservoir (Parker Road & East Lehigh Avenue) on 7/13/2018.  That would be less than 0.5 miles from today's sighting.

Whether the Mississippi Kite stayed in the area or another was migrating through, I do not know.  The bird was a first county sighting for both of us!

I photos come out they will be posted in the CoBus photo library

Also in the subdivision were two Swainson's Hawks and two Sharp-shinned Hawks.

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