So, without any coffee or breakfast, we just grabbed the camera and binoculars and went down to the lake. In just a couple of hours we easily observed 18 species:
- American Robin
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Canada Goose
- Common Goldeneye
- Common Grackle
- Common Raven
- Great-horned Owl (not at Lake Estes, but in town)
- House Sparrow
- House Wren
- Mountain Chickadee
- Osprey
- Pine Siskin
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Song Sparrow
- Townsend's Solitaire
- Turkey Vulture
- White-crowned Sparrow
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
We also saw a lot of post-flood heavy-machinery action around the lake. Here are a few pictures from the morning.
Townsend's Solitaire |
Managing river flow near the lake |
Common Goldeneye take-off |
Osprey fly-by |
Canada Goose on-the-wing |
White-crowned sparrow |
Canada Goose portrait |
Making small rocks from big rocks |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
And the rump... :-) |
The Stanley Hotel |
Great-horned Owl in its nest |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Lenticular cloud over Twin Sisters (taken April 9th, 2014 at 8:08am) |
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