Bonny Reservoir Wildlife Area & Cherry Creek Reservoir

November 14, 2018

Richard Stevens:

Temperatures reached 54 degrees before we left Bonny Reservoir Wildlife Area (Yuma).  Winds were 9-10 mph with gusts to 13 mph.

Early this morning, Terry Michaels and I heard an Eastern Screech-Owl calling north of Hale Ponds (Yuma).

We circled Hale Ponds and found two Red-bellied Woodpeckers, a pair of Eastern Bluebirds and six Northern Bobwhite.  Origin of the Bobwhite is always in question as dog trainers use them for training.

A Harris's Sparrow was a wagon wheel Campgrounds.  A Northern Cardinal was at Fosters Grove along with twelve Wild Turkeys.

What a fantastic afternoon.  Temperature was 60 degrees and winds were calm at 3:30 pm.

After scoping the mudflats from the Lake Loop to Prairie Loop, Cherry Creek Reservoir (Arapahoe County), Mark Chavez suggested the pond on the north side of the lake.

The pair of Rusty Blackbirds walked the northern end of the pond west of the swim beach.  Frank Farrell was already looking at the birds when I arrived.

Photos on the Colorado Birding Society's Photo Library (recent favorite photos link).

coloradobirdingsociety.net 

We stayed around until well after sunset which is not long a wait with the shorten late fall days.  Hundreds of geese flew in, no swans.

I did not see many uncommon birds on the lake when scoped earlier.  The Mew Gull was back on the sand spit north of Pelican Bay.