The EASTERN PHOEBE continued along Plum Creek at Chatfield this morning, singing nearly continuously, pausing only to reposition or sally after a morsel. He was mostly very close to the east side of the Plum Creek Picnic Area parking lot. A BARN SWALLOW was in that area, too. The Plum Creek Nature Area had a LINCOLN'S SPARROW, 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, AND 1 flyover GREATER YELLOWLEGS. A FRANKLIN'S GULL was at the marina sandspit.
The Chatfield arm at the mouth of South Platte inflow had 4 AM. WHITE PELICANS, 1 CLARK'S GREBE with Westerns, 1 FRANKLIN'S GULL, 2 BALD EAGLES, 1 CINNAMON TEAL, 1 flyover SANDHILL CRANE, and 1 adult PEREGRINE FALCON.
David Suddjian
Littleton, CO