I had a 2:00 p.m. meeting at the downtown Denver headquarters of the CU system offices, so I grabbed some lunch and enjoyed City Park for a bit. The pond by the zoo now has about 200 Double-crested Cormorants +/- on island nests along with 20 Snowy Egrets and 15 Black-crowned Night Herons. I also heard a Say’s Phoebe calling.
On my way home from the meeting I stopped at Baseline Reservoir in Boulder and was quite pleased to find a Whimbrel (along with a dozen American Avocets and a single Killdeer) plus a stunning breeding plumaged Common Loon. Baseline has outstanding shorebird habitat right now, so it’s worth a look every day for the next several weeks.
Bill Kaempfer
Boulder
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