Lazuli Bunting, Sharp-shinned grabbing dinner (with pics) and other goodies at Chatfield, Douglas

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My son and I were able to swing by Chatfield this afternoon for a little while to see what the storm brought in.  Besides being a little cold, it was great.

 

My son was able to get good pictures of a Lazuli Bunting, and we caught a Sharp-shinned Hawk swooping down and grabbing a sparrow off the ground right in front of us.  The agility of those birds is amazing.  In addition, as others have mentioned, we saw Phalaropes, Willets, Spotted Sandpipers, Yellowlegs and more Phoebes, Sparrows and other common birds than we could count.

 

My son also had some great shots of a snowy egret and black-crowned night heron the other day in Littleton.

 

Happy birding.

 

Matt Crooks, Littleton

 

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