[cobirds] More Denver area birds Tuesday/Wednesday

Also a  “late?” Rough-legged Hawk just west of Denver Airport yesterday (near Tower/56^th)

 

 

From: cobirds@googlegroups.com [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dick Filby
Sent: 25 April 2013 21:51
To: 'cobirds'
Subject: [cobirds] Denver area birds Tuesday/Wednesday
Importance: High

 

Hi all

 

Just got home from Denver – saw a few birds of interest in the past couple of days

 

Tuesday: Wheatridge Greenbelt / Prospect Park

Solitary Sandpiper 1

Greater Yellowlegs 1

Western and Eastern Bluebirds – refugees from the snowstorm

Yellow-rumped Warblers -  both forms

 

Wednesday: Cherry Creek State Park 9am-12:30pm

Semipalmated Plover 2  Cottonwood Creek delta

Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Cottonwood Creek delta

Least Sandpiper 1 Cottonwood Creek delta

American Avocet - many

BROAD-WINGED HAWK 1  in trees near Prairie Loop

A surprise (to me at least) of several “late” winter gulls:  3+Thayer’s, 1 Glaucous,  1 Iceland and several Herring Gulls.

Plus lots of Ring-billed and California Gulls, 2 Franklin’s Gull

American Pipit ~10

 

No godwits of any sort..

 

And, no-where near Denver, back at home..

Spring Park Reservoir, Eagle Cty

Common Loon 1

Barrow’s Goldeneye:  still 10+

 

 

Good birding all

 

Dick Filby

Carbondale CO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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