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Denver City Park (Denver County)
(Patch Birding Trip)
12/8/2024
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Leader:
Patrick O'Driscoll patodrisk@gmail.com or 303-885-6955 mobile
Archer Silverman archer.silverman@gmail.com or 303-641-3584
Trip Difficulty: Easy
Directions
Meet at parking strip on north side of Ferril Lake. Directions: Enter park from Colorado Blvd. Northbound turns left onto 22nd Ave. past Museum of Nature & Science; southbound turns right onto 22nd at police station. Go past museum parking until road curves toward zoo. Take immediate left at "To Pavilion Bandstand" sign and go 300 yards down to corner with tall spruce trees, where lake comes into view. Park diagonally on left beneath spruces.
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This trip is limited to the first 14 registrations.
Habitats to bird: Developed, Reservoir
GEESE! City Park's overwintering flocks of 3,000+ Cackling (and a few Canada) Geese have returned -- and they've brought along a few guest visitors (at least 3 Snow Geese and at least one hybrid, believed to be Ross's X Cackling). We'll sort the flocks and hope for winter ducks as well (a few have arrived, but City Park has had many more before). We're starting later in hopes of getting full flocks of waterfowl on Ferril Lake in late morning/midday. If you have a scope, bring it.
Besides the lakes, we'll also bird City Park nooks and crannies with which your co-leaders are well-acquainted. Denver City Park may be less than 2 miles from downtown, but it has seen more than 200 species since a teenage Hugh Kingery made checklists walking through the park to and from Denver's East High School in the late 1940s.
Dress for the weather. Bring water and snacks. Portable toilets are available at various locations around the park.
This trip is filled and you will be placed on the waiting list when you register
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