November 24
Richard Stevens:
Chores kept me busy until late afternoon. I arrived at Cherry Creek Reservoir (Arapahoe County) at 4:10 pm. A drive through a mini blizzard almost turned me around, however, the sun shone through the clouds at 4:15 to 4:28 pm.
The sunlight lit up the large raft of ducks in the middle of the lake. I was able to pick out the White-winged Scoter and a dozen Bonaparte's Gulls before sunlight was lost. If the Long-tailed Duck was out there, I could not find it. For the first time since 11/2, no Common Loons were spotted. Best viewing point was off the Lake Loop.
Temperature was 38 degrees at 4:15 pm. Anemometer readings were steady at 12 mph. It felt cold.
NOTE: After looking at the 200 digital photos I took, I notice that I had captured a Red-necked Grebe in three of them. The camera has helped in finding gulls also. I just take shots of as many groups of gulls as possible and examine the photos later. A large white Gull turned out to be a Glaucous Gull and not a Herring Gull as I had expected. Captured shots of two Lesser Black-backed Gulls and a Gull looking good for a Thayer's Gull.
Richard Stevens:
Chores kept me busy until late afternoon. I arrived at Cherry Creek Reservoir (Arapahoe County) at 4:10 pm. A drive through a mini blizzard almost turned me around, however, the sun shone through the clouds at 4:15 to 4:28 pm.
The sunlight lit up the large raft of ducks in the middle of the lake. I was able to pick out the White-winged Scoter and a dozen Bonaparte's Gulls before sunlight was lost. If the Long-tailed Duck was out there, I could not find it. For the first time since 11/2, no Common Loons were spotted. Best viewing point was off the Lake Loop.
Temperature was 38 degrees at 4:15 pm. Anemometer readings were steady at 12 mph. It felt cold.
NOTE: After looking at the 200 digital photos I took, I notice that I had captured a Red-necked Grebe in three of them. The camera has helped in finding gulls also. I just take shots of as many groups of gulls as possible and examine the photos later. A large white Gull turned out to be a Glaucous Gull and not a Herring Gull as I had expected. Captured shots of two Lesser Black-backed Gulls and a Gull looking good for a Thayer's Gull.
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