COBirders! A huge debt of thanks to Quinn Pack (who walked the whole thing with me again — he say’s “Next year there will be T-Shirts!"), Jayne and George James (who were part of the walk from Pelican Point to a bit past Shop Creek), my wife (at 12-mile Trail), and a bevy of birders/photographers at Pelican Point (all of whose names I can’t remember, so I won’t try)!
The 12-mile walk (7-1/2 hours) around the lake netted 59 species. Considerably down from the prox 70 last year! Quinn and I talked a lot about how “odd” was this year for birds. But there were some goodies: Tennessee Warbler, Sora (SEEN, not just heard!), Franklin’s Gull and Forster’s Tern were, for me, fun to see. Tennessee Warbler was a life bird! In the non-birding category, we saw a bat (!) working the area just south of road, near the turn-off to "12-mile Picnic Area/Dog park” and a coyote in the “prairie”-like area along Cherry Creek Trail south of the Shooting Range, I was bummed to learn that Black Tern had been seen just before we arrived at Pelican Point, and again about 1/2 hour after we left. Such is birding! On the other hand, we got to see another kind of bird — a war-bird — as one of the last operative B-17 bombers was making its annual visit to Centennial Airport. BTW, it was 59 degrees when we left Tower Loop, and 91 degrees when we got back — much like last year. And the Park was no-where near as crowded this year last. Put Labor Day, 2022 on your calendars now (well, I know, Labor Day 2022 IS already on your calendars . . . . but the Circum-Lake-Cation needs to be there too!! Gary Brower Unincorporated Arapahoe County -- -- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/C19966B1-AD91-424A-A76C-59076A16E5BC%40gmail.com.
