On this morning's Waterfowl Count at South Platte Park, ducks were few in addition to far between. Our grouping was assigned a department of the river S of the Nature Center in addition to nosotros in all probability encountered no to a greater extent than than xxx ducks on our walk along the due east bank; buffleheads, mutual goldeneyes, mallards in addition to lesser scaup were the chief representatives.
However, every bit nosotros rounded a crimp due east of Redtail Lake, I caught site of a plump, grayness bird, bobbing on a log about the banking concern in addition to intermittently plunging into the side past times side rapids. It was an American dipper, mutual along mount streams in addition to inwards nearby canyons but far less mutual on the Colorado Piedmont. This winter, however, a modest seat out convey turned upward along the river inwards in addition to about South Platte Park.
Favoring clear, fast-flowing streams, dippers feed on a multifariousness of aquatic invertebrates inwards improver to fish eggs in addition to minnows. Their nest is placed beneath a stone ledge or man-made bridge, unopen plenty to have spray from waterfalls or rapids; twigs in addition to moss are used to gear upward the dome-shaped structure. The wintertime visitors to South Platte Park volition probable provide to the foothills or mountains to nest but, if the river continues to run high, they powerfulness but stick around.
However, every bit nosotros rounded a crimp due east of Redtail Lake, I caught site of a plump, grayness bird, bobbing on a log about the banking concern in addition to intermittently plunging into the side past times side rapids. It was an American dipper, mutual along mount streams in addition to inwards nearby canyons but far less mutual on the Colorado Piedmont. This winter, however, a modest seat out convey turned upward along the river inwards in addition to about South Platte Park.
Favoring clear, fast-flowing streams, dippers feed on a multifariousness of aquatic invertebrates inwards improver to fish eggs in addition to minnows. Their nest is placed beneath a stone ledge or man-made bridge, unopen plenty to have spray from waterfalls or rapids; twigs in addition to moss are used to gear upward the dome-shaped structure. The wintertime visitors to South Platte Park volition probable provide to the foothills or mountains to nest but, if the river continues to run high, they powerfulness but stick around.
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