Snowy Egrets at Washington Park

[collee...@ecentral.com]

I didn't count the BCNHs and SNEGs this year for Citizen Science re: the birds' breeding activities on the island in Grasmere Lake in the south part of Washington Park. But I thought I would go over last night and watch them come in to roost and count them, to see if they are about the same numbers as past years before they migrate. They were. Two of us counted 157 fly in and roost, from 6:40 - 7:50 p.m. It is fun to watch them come in - sometimes just two at a time, sometimes 8 and sometimes 33. Last night, one hundred and eight  flew in from the southeast (coming in from a day of R&R at Cherry Creek?) and fifty-one from the south or southwest (coming in from the Platte River?). Since it's an exciting sight inside Denver, I recommend this activity before they migrate in early September. The numbers go down as the calendar gets closer to Sept. 8, so catch them now if you're inclined.