Jefferson and Arapahoe

[David Suddjian]

At Chatfield SP early this morning there were 5 WHITE-FACED IBIS flying N over the westside grasslands, and trails on the west side of the South Platte had a WESTERN KINGBIRD and a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT. House Wrens churred up a constant storm. A BROAD-WINGED HAWK perched along the river. 

South Valley Park near the southern parking lot had my first VIRGINIA'S WARBLER of the season and a BREWER'S SPARROW. A CANYON WREN sang from the Lyons Formation there, and a pair of PRAIRIE FALCONS is nesting.

Ketring Park in Littleton had a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, a number of Chipping Sparrows, and another Common Yellowthroat, plus a SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 

David Suddjian

Capitola