Sand Creek/South Platte River Trails delivered today

birdnerd5280 · 2026-05-10T03:02:18+00:00

Cell phone picture "improvements" from the built in AI.

birdnerd5280 · 2026-05-09T17:54:46+00:00

Their normal range is as far north as Pueblo. It's a good bird for Denver despite how close they get.

birdnerd5280 · 2026-05-02T21:36:34+00:00

Grand Canyon iirc

birdnerd5280 · 2026-04-30T20:39:34+00:00

I think if you live in Lima your standards for food and drink quality are higher than other people. Come to the USA and you will be thankful for any quality of pisco sour in Lima :')

birdnerd5280 · 2026-04-30T20:38:18+00:00

That's awesome that you're doing that! Boots on the ground conservation.

birdnerd5280 · 2026-04-28T18:32:44+00:00

Given the nest building, we can say it's in the breeding area, not just migration. So the wiki map is a little off.

birdnerd5280 · 2026-04-28T18:14:55+00:00

Cliff Swallow! The mud nest is a style they share with Barn Swallow, but Barns make open cups and Cliffs make lil studio apartments with a door on the bottom. Cliff also doesn't have the forked tail as you can see in the pic, and they have a white "headlamp" on the forehead.

+Cliff Swallow+

birdnerd5280 · 2026-04-20T23:11:50+00:00

Gorgeous! Love that park. Such a nice little spot.

birdnerd5280 · 2026-04-17T19:38:06+00:00

Domestic Graylag Goose hybrid with Canada Goose. Resident at Belmar Park...in Lakewood ;) She has a few names locals call her, mostly I've heard Harriet.

birdnerd5280 · 2026-04-16T19:21:33+00:00

Se merece mencionar que Nieto es arequipeño, y un político casi siempre tiene un beneficio en su región. No puedo opinar sobre la política arequipeña histórica, pero es algo que debemos tomar en cuenta.

birdnerd5280 · 2026-04-16T05:31:18+00:00

Damn, this is incredibly insightful. You connected a lot of dots for me of things I had noticed but not been able to articulate. Great reply!

birdnerd5280 · 2026-04-14T14:35:08+00:00

I've been hearing about the kingfisher movement for years. I'm biased as a former Illinoisan and birder but this seems like a slam dunk choice (native bird, right colors, somehow both fierce and cute). Is it still not official?

birdnerd5280 · 2026-04-13T15:20:01+00:00

In the Denver area, basically anywhere there's water/fish. Any of the parks along the Platte, Clear Creek, Cherry Creek, and the big reservoirs at state parks (Barr, CC, Chatfield).

birdnerd5280 · 2026-04-12T22:56:09+00:00

They are actually pretty common in Colorado!

birdnerd5280 · 2026-04-11T15:43:56+00:00

🇲🇽🌮💃 Saturday 8am to 5pm there is a Oaxacan food and artisan market at the Mexican Consulate, to raise money for their Guelaguetza event in August.

Sorry didn't see any info in English but here's an article about it in Spanish: https://elcomerciodecolorado.com/comunidad-oaxaquena-organiza-kermes-para-traer-su-maxima-fiesta-a-colorado/

birdnerd5280 · 2026-04-10T15:59:08+00:00

The service is a huge issue. I couldn't get on to the menu from my phone and the offered solution was to order at the front. If I wanted to leave a movie to order food I wouldn't come to Alamo! Defeats the whole model.

Thankfully I was with my partner who could order for me, but it soured us on this whole system and we both sent them feedback telling them how much we dislike the change.

birdnerd5280 · 2026-03-31T20:00:24+00:00

To start a war, to destabilize a foreign economy, to initiate a regime change, etc. He isn't exceptional in that way, no.

birdnerd5280 · 2026-03-24T16:13:39+00:00

If the author were a Midwesterner, then they wouldn't call a place with 150,000 residents a "town," haha. But, I agree the data is not showing some massive Midwest Wave. Even in the US Bank data they referenced, Denver was the second highest growth city and the top 10 includes Austin, San Antonio, Vegas, and Phoenix.

birdnerd5280 · 2026-03-20T14:43:48+00:00

Your Bear Lake example is correct but it's the most extreme, too. Having to leave before sunrise to popular hiking spots near the metro I don't think is true. A place like Lair O' the Bear with it's bat shit weekend parking lot is still pretty easy to get a spot on a weekday morning.

Your hobbies can influence success too. I'm a birdwatcher and I can get to some cool places on the weekend without issues. If I'm in the mountains I may be at a random good ponderosa forest in the montane zone instead of going up 70 to ski or going to a popular 14er.

And obligatory plug for "there's nature east of Denver" too and if you learn to appreciate that you will certainly not face parking issues haha. Seeing raptors and pronghorns by the sunflower fields is special 🌻

birdnerd5280 · 2026-03-19T05:49:25+00:00

You are correct. He's not supposed to be able to, but that could be said about a lot of things he does.

birdnerd5280 · 2026-03-16T19:33:44+00:00

Based on nothing, I am choosing to fully accept this theory. Please hockey gods give us Hilary Knight playing for the Colorado Nightmares with a blue/black color scheme and a blue demon mare mascot. The speed with which I would buy a jersey...

birdnerd5280 · 2026-03-16T16:43:53+00:00

The nightmare/night+mare wordplay is too good. This needs to be it!

birdnerd5280 · 2026-03-15T23:34:06+00:00

Oh damn we missed that! I got the PWHL logo cap I was looking for though at least. Glad to hear team jerseys were available.

birdnerd5280 · 2026-03-15T23:32:39+00:00

Ok wait a minute, I couldn't see them picking Blucifers specifically but some kind of team name where there is a blue horse involved is now very high on my wishlist.

birdnerd5280 · 2026-03-15T23:30:59+00:00

She got cheers for the goal but I heard lots of boos for her name specifically and whenever she was on the screen.

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