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Patch Birding Trip - Get to know a birding hotspot favored by the leader.
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First Creek at Denver Open Space
(Patch Birding Trip)
12/1/2024
7:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Leader:
Patrick O'Driscoll patodrisk@gmail.com or 303-885-6955 mobile
Trip Difficulty: Moderate
Directions
See trip description for meeting instructions
This trip is limited to the first 14 registrations.
Habitats to bird: Grassland, Riparian
We'll celebrate and bird a favorite patch of our recently departed friend and trip leader John Breitsch, who birded here hundreds of times and co-led DFO's first-ever field trip at this location 8 years ago this same weekend. Late fall and winter usually bring a number of raptors to First Creek, and dozens of permanent and seasonal cottonwood-riparian-prairie bird species rely on the creek's year-round flow through this Plains setting beside Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR. Time permitting, we'll also dip into the Arsenal on its First Creek Trail. Expect to walk about 3 miles, most of it on the open space's paved path and the blacktop remnants of Buckley Road. Dress for the weather (layers best), bring water/snacks and a hat, and "go before you go" -- no restroom facilities at this location. (King Soopers off Tower Road a mile south makes a good pre-walk pit stop, but there is also some rustic "green door" privacy in the open space trees north of the creek.) DIRECTIONS: From most points, Interstate 70 to Peña Boulevard exit and north to 56th Avenue exit. Left at the light, under the highway and First Creek @ DEN parking and trailhead are ahead on the right (north side of 56th). Access also from north and west via 56th Avenue or from northeast via Tower Road south to 56th and west.
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