GC3B7C9 View for the Birds
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: eye found it 2011 @ | Hide Date: 01/20/2012 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 55.608 W104° 56.943 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 2
               

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VIEW FOR THE BIRDS

Bring your binoculars and take time to look around a little. Great birding hot spot.
It is not hidden in the rock wall so please don’t remove any looking for it.

East Lake 3 Park and Nature Preserve
128th Ave and Fillmore Ct, THORNTON, CO 80241
The East Lake Number 3 is a top location for bird watching in the State of Colorado. The East Lake Number 3 is profiled on the United States Geological Service (USGS) Eastlake Topological map. The East Lake Number 3 is located at the latitude and longitude coordinates of 39.924985 and -104.9488673 at an elevation of 1592 feet.
The focus of Eastlake Park, this place can be crowded with good numbers and variety of waterfowl. It also boasts a cattail marsh large enough to host any marsh-loving species. To top it all off, there is a nice patch of thick second growth cottonwoods to trap migrants. Take the time to read the signs to see what birds and animals you may see.

Like other parks in Thornton, this one has street parking only; perhaps the best parking area is along Fillmore Street north of 124th.

Some of birds often seen here during spring and fall migrations

DUCKS
Gadwall
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Canvasback
Redhead
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Canada Goose
PELICANS
American White Pelican
HERONS
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron


FALCONS
American Kestrel
SOME OTHERS
Killdeer
Sandpipers
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellowheaded Blackbird
Bullock's Oriole
Belted Kingfisher
American Avocet
HAWKS
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk

06/06/2022 By savgegma
Very nice hide very fun TFTC

06/05/2022 By SmithFamCO
:)

06/02/2022 By L1vesl1fe
Nice catch

05/22/2022 By amcnw
TFTC Almost gave up when we found it!

05/21/2022 By RogerShaul
Awesome and pretty well hidden this was my first cash ive ever found.

07/04/2019 By KAYandMAY
We looked all over the place couldn’t find it

06/22/2019 By Jen0391
Beautiful day with tons of birds

06/09/2019 By thomas@4automax.com
It was hard to find the cash because of my mobility scooter I had to have my grandson find it for me awful place to hide it for handicapped people

05/20/2019 By eye found it 2011
So sorry cachers. Once again the orginal cache container has been muggled. A tempoary is in place till I get a new one made.

05/14/2019 By GoldCache1105
I looked about a month ago and no find, Thanks Anyway!

08/04/2018 By Fearlessfighter
Great view of the lake. TFTC!

07/28/2018 By kbradfie
Finally found it! Fun find.

07/28/2018 By Steveadnor
Tricky.

07/28/2018 By Adnor00
Great hide! Good spot

07/27/2018 By jeep boy
Out for a bike ride with the fam.
There’s only 1!
TFTC

07/16/2018 By eye found it 2011
Replaced the missing container. All is well.

Happy Hunting

07/04/2018 By Rrr Matey
Looked all around couldn’t find :(

07/03/2018 By ModelStingray39
Tftc. Found with some scouts

07/03/2018 By SurvivalSecret
Found it with troop 417 for the geocaching merit badge but was missing the log. Tftc

07/03/2018 By sage996
Good hide took me a long time