March 16, 2019
Richard Stevens:
The day was cold with a high of 49 degrees with winds 9-10 mph, gusts to 17 mph.
After dropping a friend at DIA, I went back to Adams County and the South Platte Birding Area. We enjoyed a successful grouse trip missing few birds and the horrific weather that hit Denver and the Eastern Plains. Only target bird misses were Northern Bobwhite and Scaled Quail.
The pair of Barrow's Goldeneyes was just upstream of the green/white tower (approximately 1/2 mile south of the 88th avenue parking area).
Another birder and I scanned the 89th Avenue Pond for 30 minutes or so. No loons were found. A male Barrow's Goldeneye hung around a group of Common Goldeneyes.
I checked East Gravel Lakes, Dahlia Ponds and Tani Reservoir and found no loons.
A walk along the First Creek Trail (Denver) did not find the Rusty Blackbirds and Barn Owl this afternoon.
The female Rusty Blackbird continues at Cherry Creek Reservoir (Arapahoe). She was along the eastern drainage that runs into Angie's Pond (northwest of the swim beach). The bird was 25 feet south of the paved path.
No owls showed up for me along the shooting range entrance road.
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