Thursday, March 13, 2014

A Snowy Trip Around Denver

March 7, 2014

Richard Stevens:

A relatively mild winter continued.  Temperatures almost reached 40 degrees; winds were 12 mph, gusts to 19 mph.  It started to snow around 1:00 pm.

Rebecca and I drove down to the southwest corner of Denver today.  The Brant was seen covered in snow at the southeast corner of Redstone Park (Douglas County).

The male Barrow's Goldeneye continued to swim around below the dam at the northwest corner of Chatfield Reservoir (Jefferson/Douglas Counties).

Two Greater Scaup swam around the southeast corner of the South Platte Park Reservoir (Arapahoe County).

Snow was heavier when we reached Littleton Historic Park (Jefferson County).  The male Greater Scaup was swimming around with half a dozen Ring-necked Ducks at the southeast corner of Ketring Lake.

Snowfall was heavy enough by 4:30 pm to cover the car windows in 15 minutes.  Visibility was reduced and we drove the 30+ miles home.

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