Downtown Minneapolis
Pictured is a prairie thunderstorm, right before a stop for birding at Barr Lake State Park. near Reunion, CO.
Looking east at a thunderstorm over the Colorao Plains (Melissa's photo)
From Barr Lake it was on to Estes Park, and the MacGregor's Lodge was great, we definitely recommend it to anyone traveling to this area!
BIRDING SUMMARY: Melissa sighted the first bird of the trip, an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN (#1), while we were still fairly high in the air! In Aurora, we found RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD (#2), GREAT BLUE HERON (#3), and DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT (#4) On the way to Barr Lake we added (#5) HOUSE SPARROW, (#6) EUROPEAN STARLING, (#7) RED-TAILED HAWK, (#8) MOURNING DOVE, (#9) AMERICAN KESTREL, (#10) WESTERN MEADOWLARK, (#11) COMMON GRACKLE, (#12) KILLDEER, (#13) ROCK PIGEON, and (#14) AMERICAN CROW. Nearby, we found a family of young (#15) BURROWING OWLS, that were quite photogenic. Also at this spot on 112th in Reunion were (#16) SWAINSONS HAWK, (#17) EURASIAN COLLARED DOVES, (#18) WESTERN KINGBIRDS, and (#19) HORNED LARKS. At the feeder we found a (#20) BULLOCK'S ORIOLE, along with the more common (to us!) (#21) AMERICAN GOLDFINCH and COMMON GRACKLE. There was also a BULLOCK'S ORIOLE nest along the trail going along the lakeshore!Plains
Melissa took this great shot of young Burrowing Owls
Bullock's Oriole at the feeders at Barr Lake Visitor Center
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