September 29, 2018
Richard Stevens:
High temperature in Aurora was 83 degrees. Winds were 7-8 mph and made for a pleasant afternoon.
Late afternoon I drove to the First Creek Trail (Adams/Denver) to search for the Yellow-throated Warbler and Chestnut-sided Warbler reported earlier in the morning.
My three hour search came up empty. A Hermit Thrush was observed in the willows just west of the light rail tracks. A Swainson's Thrush was in willows with red leafed vines near the dirt road west of Pena Blvd.
The afternoon was very quiet. Another birder and I found few birds. Five Dark-eyed Juncos near the Denver County trailhead and a Great Horned Owl west of Buckley were the few birds encountered.
An interesting wren popped out of the cattails east of the rectangular building along the creek. The wren was quite small. It was not a House Wren or Marsh Wren. Unfortunately, we did not have great looks and it remained unnamed.
After dropping my friend off at the parking area, I drove by the horse corrals along 56th avenue, east of the light rail tracks. A medium sized flycatcher was observed flying around the cottonwoods near 56th avenue.
I parked at the horse corrals (not popular with the horse people) and walked to the cottonwoods. A nice consolation prize was a photo of the Ash-throated Flycatcher reported yesterday by Dave King. Photos on the CoBus photo library:
http://coloradobirdingsociety.net
No owls (Short-eared or Burrowing) found on the drive through the DIA Owl Loop.
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