I spent the morning birding around some local places in Littleton and western ARA. I primarily explored places that I rarely visit or that were new to me. It was all quite productive!
Cooley Lake on S Platte on Mineral: 5200 or so Cackling Geese incl a very washed out, light tan bird. 1 Ross’s x Cackling hybrid 1 Ross’s goose There was a nice diversity of birds around the Nature Center, incl. a Yellow-rumped Warbler, which now doesn’t flag as rare in Arapahoe Co for a bit longer. I’ve been tweaking eBird filters. W Long Dr, N of McLellan Rez where the Pine and Palm Warblers have been recently: I briefly saw the Palm twice. I didn’t find the Pine but birds were coming and going pretty fast and I could easily have missed it. About 10 yellow-rumped warblers were moving around and a late Ruby-crowned Kinglet was mixed in. A big flock of Bushtits was roaming around with some chickadees. Lots of bird activity where the list is plotted. https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S50444471 I also birded south of Lee Gulch at St Mary’s Catholic Church and had 2 Hermit Thrushes together. A late (?) or hardy wintering Say’s Phoebe was at the school. https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S50444560 Cheers, Scott Somershoe Littleton CO Sent from my iPhone -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/4C229A85-D933-43BE-9C80-634D85FB8E96%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
