November 12, 2016
Richard Stevens:
After returning from a couple of days of owling in Park County, I stopped at Aurora Reservoir (Arapahoe) on my way home.
I sat at the bench about a mile north of the southern entrance to Aurora Reservoir for about an hour and a half. My fortune was better than a birder who had sat there for a couple of hours earlier.
A Surf Scoter was 15 feet off the shore just below the bench as I arrived. Two White-winged Scoters swan at the mouth of Senac Cove to the northwest. Two Common Loons swam around mile 4.5.
Then I noticed another scoter swimming up from the south end of Lone Tree Cove (east of the bench). While watching it to see if it was a White-winged Scoter or Surf Scoter, a Black Scoter swam north into view. The other scoter turned out to be another White-winged Scoter.
No owls appeared tonight as I watched from a high point on the DIA Owl Loop (Adams/Denver).
Richard Stevens:
After returning from a couple of days of owling in Park County, I stopped at Aurora Reservoir (Arapahoe) on my way home.
I sat at the bench about a mile north of the southern entrance to Aurora Reservoir for about an hour and a half. My fortune was better than a birder who had sat there for a couple of hours earlier.
A Surf Scoter was 15 feet off the shore just below the bench as I arrived. Two White-winged Scoters swan at the mouth of Senac Cove to the northwest. Two Common Loons swam around mile 4.5.
Then I noticed another scoter swimming up from the south end of Lone Tree Cove (east of the bench). While watching it to see if it was a White-winged Scoter or Surf Scoter, a Black Scoter swam north into view. The other scoter turned out to be another White-winged Scoter.
No owls appeared tonight as I watched from a high point on the DIA Owl Loop (Adams/Denver).
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