First Creek Trail and Barr Lake

August 19, 2018

Richard Stevens:

Temperatures were a cool 69 degrees today.  Winds were 6-7 mph with gusts to 22 mph in the afternoon.

Rebecca and I and enjoyed the cool day with a walk along the First Creek Trail (Adams/Denver Counties).

Highlight was a Red-eyed Vireo in the cottonwoods just north of the pond at the western end of the trail (Adams).  A couple of Western Kingbirds and a few Chipping Sparrows were also run across.

The Denver County side of the trail was even slower.  One Western Kingbird and two Lark Sparrows were about all that was seen.

Later we stopped by Barr Lake (Adams).  I (we) again missed the Black-bellied Plover reported along the Niedrach Trail.  A Townsend's Warbler was between the footbridge and the banding station.  We missed the Red-eyed Vireo reported earlier.

Burrowing Owls were observed along 120th avenue, east of Tower Road and down Gun Club Road south of 112th Avenue.  No Short-eared Owls appeared this evening.