Brant in Arvada

[Doug Faulkner]

Hello all,

A brant and greater white-fronted goose are currently at the Indian Tree Golf Course on Wadsworth north of 72nd Ave, Arvada, Jefferson County.  They are in a flock of Canada's between the parking lot and pond to the north.

Doug Faulkner

Arvada, Co

[Tom Behnfield]

My previous reply was messed up. Let's try again.

Indian Tree Golf Course (Jefferson County) was 30 minutes from my house in heavy traffic today. I arrived at 4:45 in quickly fading light, but was able to locate the Brant and Greater White-fronted Goose and get a few photos. Thanks for the post Doug, and thanks to the nice lady who pulled up as I was getting out of my car and said "they're right there in that flock!"

Here are a couple of photos of the Brant. It was my best view ever of a beautiful bird!

Tom Behnfield

Lakewood, CO

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[Martha LKJ]

Though I won't be able to drive by until tomorrow, it's great to see a post about Arvada, my part of town.  I drive by that location often and would love adding Brant to my life list.  Thanks for the post.

Martha, Arvada, CO

On Thursday, January 26, 2017 at 3:46:18 PM UTC-7, Doug Faulkner wrote:

[Chris Rurik]

I stopped at Indian Tree GC at 10:30 am, and no geese were present. They move around a lot in this area. None currently at Hidden Lake either.

Chris Rurik

Westminster, CO

[Doug Faulkner]

Hello all:

I originally saw the brant in flight with a flock of Canada's, coming from the northeast, while I was driving near the intersection of Wadsworth and 78th Ave. Fortunately, I guessed right that they were headed to the golf course and even more fortunate that it was near the parking lot.  Folks looking for this bird could also check the north end of the golf course that is behind the strip mall at 78th Ave.  I just drove by and there were scads of geese.

Good branting,  

Doug Faulkner

Arvada, CO

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The brant and greater white fronted goose are currently present at the Indian tree golf course, along with hundreds of gathering white cheeked geese. Specifically, I'm watching the curious pair on the south side of the driving range in a small smattering of geese separate from the rest. Kind of funny to see both these relative rarities right next to each other.

Eric DeFonso 

Westminster CO

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[Janis Robinson]

Thanks for pointing them out to me -- 2 new life birds!

Janis Robinson
Coal Creek Canyon

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[Philip Pratt]

The Brant was present from 3:00-3:30PM this afternoon at the location already described - between the golf course parking lot and north pond. 

Deb Stuart and I had excellent views as it rested on the pond and fed on the adjacent grass.

It stayed close to a Greater White-fronted Goose.

Philip Pratt

Denver, CO