Eastlake Park in Adams County had some good migrants when I explored it this afternoon for about an hour. The park has a good-sized reservoir with lots of cattails, a variety of trees and a grassy meadow. On a sunny May 11 afternoon I found:
Yellow-headed blackbirds (FOS) Red wing blackbirds Western tanager, male Yellow warbler Chipping sparrows and possibly other spizella sp. foraging in 10 inch tall grasses American avocet (only shorebird visible on the far shore) Ruddy duck pairs with several males showing off their bright blue bills and stiff tails Red head ducks Coots scaup Barn swallows >From I-25, exit at 120th Ave. and go east about a mile to Claude Ct. (past Washington St). Turn left (N) on Claude and follow the railroad tracks to 124. Go east or right on 124th Avenue to Fillmore St. You will see tennis courts on the corner. Turn north (left) on Fillmore and park at the dead end. Watch for sparrows in the trees along the street. An asphalt trail leads past a marsh on the left to the reservoir beyond the greenbelt. Good Birding, Peggy Peggy Gonder, APR Gonder Public Relations Communications & Marketing 303-321-3465 office www.gonderpublicrelations.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.php You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
