Cherry Creek State Park actually has a great blue heron rookery. I counted around thirty "nests". (Some look too small, but you never know).

You can see the rookery from the main road, right where you turn to go to the gun club. It's to the North of there. Look high in the trees to see some of the nests. It's hard to get back there, which might be why they picked this area.

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Great blue heron takes off from Cottonwood Creek pond, at Cherry Creek State Park, Colorado

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I love his robe of many colors.

Just noticed, but I caught a mosquito in flight, in back of the grackle.

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