October 9, 2019
Richard Stevens:
Today was a good example of Colorado's fluctuating weather. The high was a hot 83 degrees. Winds were 12-13 mph when I hiked around Barr Lake. See tomorrow's forecast!
I drove around eastern Arapahoe County this morning. At least one Eastern Bluebird continues at Richmil Ranch Open Space; no kingbirds were found.
Misses included the Burrowing Owl along CR 18, the Sage Thrasher off CR 213 and Chestnut-collared Longspurs along CR 269. However, I did find two Chestnut-collared Longspurs along CR 42 east of I70.
The Burrowing Owls along CR 30 and CR 129 appear to have moved on for the year. No Red-headed Woodpeckers found at previous locations at County Line Road and Richmil.
Another highlight was a Northern Mockingbird at last year's location along CR 42, east of CR 161.
A text message received stated that the Barr Lake State Park Prothonotary Warbler was found again today; I headed that way. My three hour search yesterday was unsuccessful.
Today was a better day; follow the Yellow-rumped Warblers. A flock of six or so was flying about the cottonwoods at the peninsula north of the banding station. Other birds included two Orange-crowned Warblers, two Ruby-crowned Kinglets and the Red-eyed Vireo.
The Prothonotary Warbler was also in the area. Regrettably, it only allowed 3-4 second looks before disappearing back into the brush. When last seen it was moving back toward the banding station.
A walk along the north shore of the peninsula found eighteen Killdeer to be the only shorebirds there today.
I then walked the northern shore from mile 6.0 (end of dam) to mile 5.0. Again, no other shorebirds were encountered. The Lesser Black-backed Gull was not relocated today.
No Short-eared Owls appeared along the DIA Owl Loop (Adams/Denver) this evening.
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