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August 5, 2019

Richard Stevens:

Today's high temperature was 89 degrees.  Winds hovered around 10 mph.

After a meeting in Parker, I drove down to the Walker Gravel Pond west of Franktown (Douglas County).

The Common Loon continues on the Pond.  I then walked the Cherry Creek trail south to its end south of highway 86.  Highlight was one of the Eastern Phoebes was along the Creek approximately 300 yards north of the highway 86 bridge.

North of the Bridge birds included a Gray Catbird, Yellow Warbler, and unidentified Thrush. 

South of the Bridge birds included two Western Bluebirds, another Gray Catbird and a Wilson's Warbler.  House Wrens have not left the area yet.

It was hot, windy and had too many mosquitoes; I decided against continuing to Castlewood Canyon State Park.