Re: [cobirds] Re: Red-headed Woodpecker still @ Heron Pond (Denver Co)

Another and easier access point is to turn east on 51st from Washington and go to the end of the road which is at the south end of the park.  There is a trail from the parking area that follows the creek to Heron Pond or you can easily access the South Platte from there.  And often a great taco truck at the intersection of 51st and Washington.  Awesome Tacos al Vapor.

Charlie Chase

Denver, CO

On Friday, May 29, 2020 at 8:51:53 PM UTC-6, Joe Roller wrote:

To reach Heron Pond Natural Area, bring up the eBird hotspot map.

Go east on E. 58th Ave from I-25.

At the bottom of a hill turn right and go south on Franklin St.

Go slowly, watching for the right turn at 53rd Ave. 

The landmark here is an old Army tank at the Nat Guard complex. 

Take 53rd Ave west til it dead ends at the parking spaces, labelled on the map as "Heron Pond Natural Area".

 

The pin marker for the hotspot is in the middle of the lake. Birding is good walking around the lake, slowly.

Sora was first added to the Denver County checklist from the marsh.

Walking along the drainage to the south can also be good.

Have fun!

Joe Roller, Denver

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 8:20 PM Ray, Graham <Grah...@ucdenver.edu> wrote:

I tried to check Heron Pond out today but as usual Google maps was not my friend.  54th Ave is all fenced off.  Where is the parking lot and trail you speak of?  I only saw the waste management site and a nice bathtub and some sofas by the side of the road.

Thanks for your help!

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Also a treat was the nesting snapping turtle laying eggs alongside the trail from the south parking lot towards Heron Pond.   

On Friday, May 29, 2020 at 11:30:31 AM UTC-6, Charlie Chase wrote:

Missed on the Red-headed this morning but a number of other interesting sightings including quite a few more birders than i am used to seeing at Heron Pond.  The Swainson's were busy courtship talking, had a stellar view of a Cedar Waxwing on top of a cottonwood, an adult female Red-naped Sapsucker flew in from a cottonwood on the north side of the pond into the thicket where the stream enters the pond.  A Least Flycatcher was actively feeding and calling by the armory parking lot and the duck statues.  A Blue Grosbeak was singing in one of the single trees on the SE side of the armory then flew to the river where it disrupted a Cordilleran Flycatcher hawking gnats over the willows. Numerous Yellow Warblers and very many nesting grackles and blackbirds.   Nice morning at an under used and appreciated unnatural Natural Area.

Charlie Chase

Denver

On Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 11:08:37 AM UTC-6, paddyo'bird wrote:

Just seen in trees at right-angle inside-south corner of pond. Also an Osprey tangling with the two resident Swainson's Hawks high up and an Eastern Kingbird hawking bugs in the scrubby grasslands down low and west of pond's south end.

Patrick O'Driscoll 

Denver 

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