January 11, 2015
Richard Stevens:
Today was 20 degrees colder than yesterday. Temperatures only reached the middle 40s; winds were clocked at 12 mph, gusts to 21 mph.
Rebecca Kosten and I decided to work on our 2015 bird lists with a trip to South Platte Park Reservoir (Arapahoe). It was one of a few lakes with open water. The only other known to us was Aurora Reservoir (Arapahoe).
About 5 percent of the reservoir was open water. A hundred or so gulls stood on the ice shelf along the eastern side of the lake (Arapahoe County side). These gulls included a Glaucous Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull and Thayer's Gull.
Waterfowl included American Coots, Gadwall, Hooded Merganser and Common Goldeneye. We could not pick out a Barrow's Goldeneye or Greater Scaup.
We passed 88th Avenue & Colorado Blvd (S. Platte Birding Area) on our trip home. A Barrow's Goldeneye was found on the Platte River, north of 88th avenue.
Skies were cloudy, winds 12+ mph when we drove the DIA Owl Loop. Only a few Horned Larks were found, no owls.
Richard Stevens:
Today was 20 degrees colder than yesterday. Temperatures only reached the middle 40s; winds were clocked at 12 mph, gusts to 21 mph.
Rebecca Kosten and I decided to work on our 2015 bird lists with a trip to South Platte Park Reservoir (Arapahoe). It was one of a few lakes with open water. The only other known to us was Aurora Reservoir (Arapahoe).
About 5 percent of the reservoir was open water. A hundred or so gulls stood on the ice shelf along the eastern side of the lake (Arapahoe County side). These gulls included a Glaucous Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull and Thayer's Gull.
Waterfowl included American Coots, Gadwall, Hooded Merganser and Common Goldeneye. We could not pick out a Barrow's Goldeneye or Greater Scaup.
We passed 88th Avenue & Colorado Blvd (S. Platte Birding Area) on our trip home. A Barrow's Goldeneye was found on the Platte River, north of 88th avenue.
Skies were cloudy, winds 12+ mph when we drove the DIA Owl Loop. Only a few Horned Larks were found, no owls.
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