Birds of Chatfield

Image: Great-horned owlets in the nest, sighted at Chatfield State Park. Photo by Rob Raker.

Hiking, biking and horse-back riding are not the only things that you can do in the open spaces of Jefferson County. Ann Bonnell, long-time PLAN Jef fco Board Member and volunteer naturalist (and inveterate birder) for Roxborough State Park, South Platte Park, Denver Botanic Gardens and the Audubon Society of Greater Denver, recently sent these photos from some of her Tuesday Birder excursions at Chatfield State Park, which she guides.

The Tuesday Birders are a group of dedicated bird watchers who visit a different area of the Front Range at least once a month.

Common Mergansers in flight over Chatfield Reservoir, photo by Jim Esten, April 7, 2015 

Tree Swallows at Chatfield State Park, photo by Jim Esten, April 7, 2015 

Meadowlark at Chatfield State Park, photo by Jim Esten, April 7, 2015  Red-shafted Flickers (male at top, female below) sighted at Chatfield State Park, photo by Jim Esten, April 7, 2015

Killdeer (nesting pair?) sighted at Chatfield State Park, photo by Jim Esten, April 7, 2015 

Great-horned owlets in the nest, sighted at Chatfield State Park, photos by Rob Raker, April 7, 2015 

Belmar Park, Englewood: Great Blue Herons engaged in nest-building. Photo by Jim Esten, April 2, 2015. 

Copyright © 2015 Ann Bonnell