Enjoyable sightings-- Teal, Hawks, and nests

[Dave Cameron]

On Sunday at Banner Lakes SWA in Hudson, we saw about 6 pairs each of all three Teal, including a from-above look at male Cinnamon's blue and green wing patches, which was a nice new view of the bird

Also at Banner:

Hundreds of Killdeer

Thousands of Robins

An exciting dogfight between a male Harrier and his mate against an interloping female

Many singing Western Meadowlarks

A flock of 75 Lesser Scaup, without a single non-Scaup in the pile

Before 11:30 this morning, I'd seen 4 different hawks being harassed in flight by various other birds.  The fourth looked like a FOS Swainson's.

There's a Great Horned Owl nest in Chatfield SP, as the road south from the west entrance curves east, right at the bridge over the Platte.  There's another on I-76, just east of where the construction ends (after I-76 and US 85 split).  There's a Red-tailed Hawk nest right on the west entrance road into Chatfield.

Dave Cameron

Denver