February 8, 2018
Richard Stevens:
After soaking my sore foot yesterday, Rebecca Kosten took me over to Aurora Reservoir (Arapahoe) this afternoon. I still have not figured out how to drive with broken bones in my foot.
What a beautiful day. In spite of overcast skies, temperatures reached 60 degrees. Winds were calm and the reservoir looked like a mirror.
The two White-winged Scoters were in the center of the lake off the Pavilion #4 (upper swim beach parking area). Even closer, the four Long-tailed Ducks were all together in one photo shot! A Glaucous Gull was quite far off shore. I had heard of it wintering at Aurora Reservoir; this is the first time for me to see it.
Hundreds of Ring-billed Gulls, a couple of Herring Gulls, at least one California Gull and one Lesser Black-backed Gull stood on the melting ice shelf near the swim beach.
No Short-eared Owls appeared tonight when we drove the DIA Owl Loop (Adams/Denver)
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