I was at Chatfield SP soon after sunrise this morning. Here are some
highlights in addition to the aforementioned *Red-Throated Loon*. The
reservoir was more birdy than in recent weeks, with lots of flocks birds
flying around and more birds on the water in some areas of the lake. From
the North Boa
In addition to the aforementioned *Caspian Tern* (photos), I noted the
following at Chatfield SP this morning. From the Marina Sandspit had 1
*Pectoral
Sandpiper*, 1 *Baird's Sandpiper*, 14 *Long-billed Dowitchers*
(flying), 4 *Willets
*(flying), 2 *Semipalmated Plovers*, a *Merlin* flying south an
Water levels in Chatfield Reservoir are more or less back to "normal",
although there is still lots of extra standing water in upland areas that
were flooded recently. Other than Killdeer and Spotted Sandpipers, my only
shorebirds were 2 *Marbled Godwits* and a *Willet* at the Marina Sand Spit.
A s
Driving home from Elbert on 5/11 I stopped at Walker Gravel Pit at
Franktown DOU and enjoyed an alternate plumaged *Black Tern*.
Early this morning (5/12) flocks of warblers, *Spizella* sparrows, and some
Black-headed Grosbeaks and Western Tanagers were flying over my Ken Caryl
Valley home, so I w
I checked Chatfield Reservoir from a handful of vantage points. No loon or
scoters in evidence, but waterfowl numbers and variety had increased a good
bit from my visit one week ago. There were now *Redhead*, *Canvasback*, *Lesser
Scaup* and others, and numerous flocks of *Northern Pintails* were
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