Denver Field Ornithologists spent a morning field trip at Denver City Park this morning. About 150 Double-crested Cormorant nests were active at Duck Lake, and 9 Black-crowned Night Herons were attending nests on Ferril Lake island. A male and female Wood Duck were on the lake and 2 Brown Creepers were seen.
Denver--City Park, Denver, US-CO Mar 30, 2013 7:50 AM - 10:56 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Comments: Denver Field Ornithologists. Leader Chuck Hundertmark. Jean Bogan, Bob Gobeille, Ray Harrison, Kylie and Veronica Mattes. 44 degrees F. No wind. Partly cloudy. Urban park with two lakes and nest islands. Submitted from BirdLog for Android v1.6 22 species Cackling Goose 100 Canada Goose 200 Wood Duck 2 Male and female Mallard 5 Northern Shoveler 21 Canvasback 2 Ring-necked Duck 4 Lesser Scaup 14 Bufflehead 5 Common Goldeneye 6 Double-crested Cormorant 200 Birds on about 150 nests on Duck Lake island. Nest building and courtship. Black-crowned Night-Heron 9 At nests on island in Ferril Lake. Courtship and nest building. Photos American Coot 1 Ring-billed Gull 14 Rock Pigeon 6 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 6 American Crow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 4 Brown Creeper 2 American Robin 5 House Finch 4 House Sparrow 13 -- Chuck Hundertmark 2546 Lake Meadow Drive Lafayette, CO 80026 303-604-0531 Cell: 720-771-8659 chundertma...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.