February 7, 2014
Richard Stevens:
While out doing chores I stopped by Aurora Reservoir for the second day in a row. Probably 98 percent of the reservoir is snow and ice covered. Three fishermen around the small open area at the western end of the dam kept gulls and geese away. About 3 dozen American Coots took advantage of the opening in the ice.
Temperatures almost reached 40 degrees today. Winds were less than 6 mph. It was great after yesterday's -1 degrees!
The Gull action was at the south south-western edge of the reservoir. Many hundreds of gulls included 3 Glaucous Gulls and 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls.
I am almost sure the Iceland Gull was there also (I was just a little too far away to be 100 percent sure. An almost completely white Gull the size of a California Gull, pink legs, some gray in mantle, lacked cream/light brown color on primaries expected on 2nd cycle Thayer's Gulls. A closer look would have helped).
The gulls were and probably will be tomorrow (Saturday) about a 2.5 mile hike from the swim beach (if one stays on the bike path; I personally never walk on snow covered ice, although a dozen people were out there today). It would be about a 2.0 mile hike from the southern entrances of the park. Saturday's usually bring even more fishing people than weekdays.
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