{"id":10282,"date":"2025-04-29T22:56:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T05:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=10282"},"modified":"2025-04-29T22:56:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T05:56:19","slug":"a-time-for-migration-april-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/29\/a-time-for-migration-april-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"A Time For Migration — April 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

During the month, we made several trips to various locations in the metro area. April is a month when many of the winter birds migrate north to their summer breeding grounds. Also, a bunch of summer visitors start to trickle in from further south. When visiting the Central Park area, we found this Cormorant perched on a log in the Sand Creek.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Cormorant Perched In Sand Creek.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Another visit was made to the South Platte River, where some Gadwall were feeding. This image was made in the late afternoon, just before the sun dropped behind the foothills of the Front Range.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Gadwall On The South Platte River.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

During a visit to Cherry Creek State Park, I found a group of Pelicans at the edge of the reservoir.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Pelicans At Cherry Creek Reservoir.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

During the course of the visit, several Pelicans left the reservoir whilst other birds flew in. This Pelican flew close enough that I managed to capture a great image with its outspread wings. During the breeding season, these birds develop a “keel” on their long bills.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Pelican In Flight Over Cherry Creek Reservoir.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

During our visit to the Sand Creek, we noticed several swallows that had returned during the summer migration. We were lucky enough to find this Rough-Winged Swallow perched on a tree at creek side.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Rough-Winged Swallow, Sand Creek Trail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

During a visit to Cherry Creek State Park, several male Red-Winged Blackbirds were heard calling out, while attempting to attract some female birds.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Red-Winged Blackbird Calling, Cherry Creek State Park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This month was certainly a mixed bag of different birds as migration was in full swing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During the month, we made several trips to various locations in the metro area. April is a month when many of the winter birds migrate north to their summer breeding grounds. Also, a bunch of summer visitors start to trickle in from further south. When visiting the Central Park area, we found this Cormorant perched […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1866,149,1582,90,1467,1417,25,1829,1020,1415,1996],"class_list":["post-10282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-general","tag-blackbirds","tag-cherry-creek","tag-cormorant","tag-creek","tag-migration","tag-pelicans","tag-river","tag-sand-creek","tag-south-platte","tag-state-park","tag-swallows"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t