June 29, 2013
Richard Stevens:
Forest fires near Creed and South Fork had changed our plans and route. We could not resist the "first State record" Sandwich Tern and decided to return to Denver by way of Manitou Lake, north of Woodland Park.
On the trip from Ouray, we passed Antero Reservoir (Park County) and made a quick stop. The Pomarine Jaeger appears to be long gone. We did find a Marbled Godwit and two Willets. A Rufous Hummingbird zipped by while we walked the south side of the lake.
Another detour southeast of Antero and north of Spinney Mountain Reservoir added Mountain Plovers to our trip list. We relocated the Mountain Plover spot discovered by John Drummond a few weeks ago (two Mountain Plovers here). Then we returned to the spot Bryan and I found last week (an adult and two young Mountain Plovers here)!
Finally we arrived at Manitou Lake (Teller) and were rewarded with a flyover of the Sandwich Tern (saved us the $6 fee to enter the Park).
After dusk, we walked around Manitou Experimental Forest (Douglas) and Missouri Gulch (Douglas/Teller). A Flammulated Owl was heard on the Teller County side. We believe that a second bird answer his call.
Forest fires near Creed and South Fork had changed our plans and route. We could not resist the "first State record" Sandwich Tern and decided to return to Denver by way of Manitou Lake, north of Woodland Park.
On the trip from Ouray, we passed Antero Reservoir (Park County) and made a quick stop. The Pomarine Jaeger appears to be long gone. We did find a Marbled Godwit and two Willets. A Rufous Hummingbird zipped by while we walked the south side of the lake.
Another detour southeast of Antero and north of Spinney Mountain Reservoir added Mountain Plovers to our trip list. We relocated the Mountain Plover spot discovered by John Drummond a few weeks ago (two Mountain Plovers here). Then we returned to the spot Bryan and I found last week (an adult and two young Mountain Plovers here)!
Finally we arrived at Manitou Lake (Teller) and were rewarded with a flyover of the Sandwich Tern (saved us the $6 fee to enter the Park).
After dusk, we walked around Manitou Experimental Forest (Douglas) and Missouri Gulch (Douglas/Teller). A Flammulated Owl was heard on the Teller County side. We believe that a second bird answer his call.
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