Wood Stork over Denver City Park

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Patrick O'Driscoll

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Aug 17, 2025, 11:53:21 AMAug 17
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Flew in from east, high overhead, about 9:40 am Sunday. Circled high above Ferril Lake several times, then continued west over park. Lost sight behind trees from my vantage point (rock garden turnaround loop in SE corner of park). Investigating around lake now, but may have flown farther west now.

Patrick O’Driscoll
Denver

Patrick O'Driscoll

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Aug 17, 2025, 1:44:48 PMAug 17
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Brief update:
Not seen again in Denver City Park since first sighting overhead, but people are looking from there west, including at Heron Pond in north-central Denver.

Jason Bidgood reports from the DenCo Birding WhatsApp group that a WOST sighting was reported in eastern Kansas nine days ago with many subsequent reports there through this past Thursday.
Here's the best (least poor) shot I could get (through the windshield as I madly scrambled for a spot to park) this morning at City Park:
2025 - AUG17 - CITYPARK - WOOD STORK WINDSHIELD SHOT.png
good birding!

Patrick O'Driscoll
Denver

Eric DeFonso

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Aug 17, 2025, 1:52:04 PMAug 17
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BTW, the KS Wood Stork was seen again this morning at Marais des Cygnes which is in far eastern Kansas. (I'm planning a trip to KC soon to visit relatives, so it's been on my radar.) Clearly a different bird; this is Hot Wood Stork Summer now.

Eric

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Boulder County, CO


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John Salisbury

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Aug 17, 2025, 8:00:00 PMAug 17
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Patrick, Any update?
John 

John M. Salisbury
13574 Via Varra 
Broomfield, Colorado 80020


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