Wheatridge Green Belt 4-29-13

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Snowy Egret

Great-tailed Grackle

Black-crowned Night-heron

Jordan Spalding (my boyfriend) adventured for a short walk around the Prospect Park that turned into a four hour excursion that totaled 50 species! We had never realised there were many ponds beyond the prospect park pond but today we ventured out and found 4 other small ponds a lovely marshy cattail area and a cormorant rookery! This is a sure sign that spring is on its way! The follow is our list and some photographs!












-Megan M.

Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Redhead
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-heron
Accipter Sp.
Red-tailed Hawk
Virginia Rail
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared Dove
Mourning Dove
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Say's Phoebe
Blue Jay
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
House Wren
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Song Sparrow
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Sparrow