[cobirds] Cherry Ck Res, Arapahoe

Mary Cay Burger and I birding Cherry Ck Res for about 4 hrs mid-day hoping to find some new birds.  Pretty slow, but highlights included

 

3 California Gulls

10 Herring Gulls

Lots RB Gulls

~30 DC Cormorants

~20 Am White Pelicans

1 Eared Grebe

~10 Western Grebes

~ 6 BC Chickadees, a pair excavating a nest hole in a rotten tree stump

4 Ring-necked Ducks

2 Ring-necked Pheasant roosters

12 Green-winged Teal

1 Greater Yellowlegs, teal and GRYE in Cottonwood marsh east of road

1 Great Horned Owl on nest (will check photos for nestlings)

1 Cooper’s Hawk (near Great Horned Owl nest) scolded me and landed right above me in a tree as I photographed it.  We didn’t see where it came from and didn’t find a COHA nest.

 

Kay

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