February 14, 2015
Richard Stevens:
We wandered around Adams County. Temperatures reached the low 70s; winds steady at 12+ mph.
Four of us walked the South Platte River Birding Area from 88th avenue to 74th avenue and back. A male Barrow's Goldeneye was on the southern West Gravel Lake. A pair of Barrow's Goldeneyes was at the south end of East Gravel Lake.
Richard Stevens:
We wandered around Adams County. Temperatures reached the low 70s; winds steady at 12+ mph.
Four of us walked the South Platte River Birding Area from 88th avenue to 74th avenue and back. A male Barrow's Goldeneye was on the southern West Gravel Lake. A pair of Barrow's Goldeneyes was at the south end of East Gravel Lake.
The previously reported Greater Scaup on Cooley Gravel Pond, north of 88th avenue, were not there today.
After dropping my friends off, I drove over to Barr Lake. To avoid the setting sun, I scoped the Lake from mile 5.5. Quite a few gulls were close to shore from this side. I picked out a Lesser Black-backed Gull and at least one Thayer's Gull (rounded head, short bill, pink legs when it flew).
Thousands of additional gulls were in the middle of the lake, too far away to pick out a Mew Gull. No large whitish gulls were observed.
A drive around the DIA Owl Loop at sunset did not find any Short-eared Owls. The usual mix of raptors was encountered, but too far away for photos.
Raptors: Ferruginous Hawks, Red-tailed Hawks, one Rough-legged Hawk and two American Kestrels.
After dropping my friends off, I drove over to Barr Lake. To avoid the setting sun, I scoped the Lake from mile 5.5. Quite a few gulls were close to shore from this side. I picked out a Lesser Black-backed Gull and at least one Thayer's Gull (rounded head, short bill, pink legs when it flew).
Thousands of additional gulls were in the middle of the lake, too far away to pick out a Mew Gull. No large whitish gulls were observed.
A drive around the DIA Owl Loop at sunset did not find any Short-eared Owls. The usual mix of raptors was encountered, but too far away for photos.
Raptors: Ferruginous Hawks, Red-tailed Hawks, one Rough-legged Hawk and two American Kestrels.
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