A birding group visiting the Denver Audubon Kingery Nature Center took a tour led by Master Birders Jordan Gerue and Urling Kingery, for whom the nature center is named, in Littleton on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. The Walk the Wetlands event takes place on the first Sunday of every month.
The group ventured along the South Platte River through open fields and deciduous woodland, near ponds and marshes. The walk is about 3 miles on relatively flat terrain and takes about 3.5 hours, depending on weather conditions. Among the resident birds that winter here are many species of ducks, both Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers, White-breasted Nuthatches, Northern Flickers, Townsend’s Solitaires, and Cedar Waxwings.
On Sunday the group counted and saw 26 species of birds, including a Golden Eagle, Bald eagles, magpies, Belted Kingfishers, Great Blue Herons, Northern Shrikes, Common Goldeneye and Gadwall ducks and an American Dipper.
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