February 26, 2016
Richard Stevens:
What a beautiful "winter" day! Winds were mild; temperatures reached into the 60s. I spent my day searching for an Iceland Gull in Weld & Larimer Counties.
While an/the Iceland Gull was never found, several nice birds were. I enjoyed the drive and walking around some of the two county's lakes.
Black Hollow Reservoir (Weld). This rather large lake required a good scope to inspect the hundreds of gulls scattered around the shore.
Thayer's Gull
Misses: no Red-necked Grebe for me. Good luck finding a Mew Gull among the packed groups of Ring-billed Gulls.
The highlight was a lone Tree Swallow, my first of 2016!
Windsor Lake
Mew Gull was swimming among a dozen Ring-billed Gulls along the eastern side of the lake.
Misses: no Greater Scaup for me.
West Windsor Gravel Pits
nothing uncommon
Fossil Creek Reservoir (Larimer)
no gulls during my stay
Duck Lake (Larimer)
again no gulls
Farm pond/lake north of Horseshoe Lake (Larimer)
much ice, no gulls when I stopped
Boyd Lake State Park (Larimer)
It took quite awhile to drive around the large lake. Few gulls were all Ring-billed Gulls.
Horseshoe Lake (Larimer)
Has been split in two with large dry area between.
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Thayer's Gull
Lake Loveland (Larimer)
almost dry, forty gulls were all Ring-billed Gull
Giving up on gulls, I drove north to Wellington Wildlife Area (Larimer)
three Long-eared Owls in windbreak at CR 64 & CR 3
after sunset, one Short-eared Owl flying like a moth east of CR 3
Richard Stevens:
What a beautiful "winter" day! Winds were mild; temperatures reached into the 60s. I spent my day searching for an Iceland Gull in Weld & Larimer Counties.
While an/the Iceland Gull was never found, several nice birds were. I enjoyed the drive and walking around some of the two county's lakes.
Black Hollow Reservoir (Weld). This rather large lake required a good scope to inspect the hundreds of gulls scattered around the shore.
Thayer's Gull
Misses: no Red-necked Grebe for me. Good luck finding a Mew Gull among the packed groups of Ring-billed Gulls.
The highlight was a lone Tree Swallow, my first of 2016!
Windsor Lake
Mew Gull was swimming among a dozen Ring-billed Gulls along the eastern side of the lake.
Misses: no Greater Scaup for me.
West Windsor Gravel Pits
nothing uncommon
Fossil Creek Reservoir (Larimer)
no gulls during my stay
Duck Lake (Larimer)
again no gulls
Farm pond/lake north of Horseshoe Lake (Larimer)
much ice, no gulls when I stopped
Boyd Lake State Park (Larimer)
It took quite awhile to drive around the large lake. Few gulls were all Ring-billed Gulls.
Horseshoe Lake (Larimer)
Has been split in two with large dry area between.
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Thayer's Gull
Lake Loveland (Larimer)
almost dry, forty gulls were all Ring-billed Gull
Giving up on gulls, I drove north to Wellington Wildlife Area (Larimer)
three Long-eared Owls in windbreak at CR 64 & CR 3
after sunset, one Short-eared Owl flying like a moth east of CR 3
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