In case you go on the road from Pine, on Rte. 285, towards Buffalo Creek:
Yesterday we stopped at Pine Valley Ranch Park (Jefferson Co. Open Space)
on our way back from cutting our Christmas tree, and took a walk around Pine
Lake (actually a reservoir) - it's partially iced up but there i
WAs, a checkoff on the fishing or hunting license application for
wildlife watchers/photographers so CPW can take count of us your ideas??
Send them to the Commission. Some of this would take legislative action.
Polly Reetz
Denver Audubon COnservation Committee chairperson
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The Rocky Mountain Arsenal Common loon was still on Lake Ladora at 4:15 pm
yesterday, October 12.
Also at the Arsenal: a flight of about 150 sandhill cranes came over at
3:20 p.m. They flew in V-formation, then circled several times (to gain
altitude?) and flew south, as far as we could tell.
Our first mountain bluebirds of the season! Many have undoubtedly seen
some, but we haven't yet. Little Horseshoe Park in Rocky Mountain NP,
about 4:00 PM on March 14. Skies partly cloudy, temperature about 50
degrees F. We observed at least 2 pairs.They were eating something on
the ground,
Se Etta -
The CPW probably knows about this, but: the US Fish and Wildlife
Service has delineated the breeding bird season as April 1 - July 15. This
is a time that nesting is most likely, and under the Migratory Bird Treaty
Act disturbing or destroying the nests, eggs and young of migrator
; try
the Plains Conservation Center on the east side of Aurora, CO. Usually we
see them on the Pawnee National Grasslands but they probably have started
their move south and might be at the Center now. Other folks might have
good suggestions.
Polly Reetz
On Sunday, August 17, 2014 8:24:18 PM
