Today a number of Audubon Society of Greater Denver Master Student Graduates, Mentors and one "almost" Graduate went birding in the DIA Owl/Raptor Loop with a stop at Barr Lake. Among the highlights were 18 Red-tailed Hawks,7 American Kestrels 6 Ferruginous Hawks, 6 Bald Eagles, 2 Prairie Falcons, 2 Harriers, 1 Great-horned Owl, , and thousands of Canada Geese. At Barr Lake we observed a significant number of Canada Geese, Ring-billed and Herring Gulls, Common Goldeneyes, Lesser Scaup, Common Mergansers, Northern Pintails, and the highlight, two Lesser Black-backed Gulls on the ice on the North East side of the lake near the Boat Ramp.
The best part of the trip, without a doubt, the nearly 60 degrees of sunshine and great company enjoyed by all...