February 14, 2018
Richard Stevens:
Super winter day in Colorado, temperatures reached a comfortable 63 degrees. Warmer temperatures resulted because of the 11-12 mph winds from the south-southeast. Anemometer readings reached 25 mph with several gusts to 37 mph.
While out doing chores and having dinner, we passed through Cherry Creek Reservoir (Arapahoe County). Today the two Long-eared Owls were out in the open. I put several photos on the Colorado Birding Society's photo library (recent favorite photos link)
http://coloradobirdingsociety.net
Later we scoped Aurora Reservoir (Arapahoe) for an hour or so. The high winds produced high waves making finding waterfowl difficult.
Eventually we relocated the two female Long-tailed Ducks however missed the two juveniles. One of the White-winged Scoters was also found.
South-southeastern winds may have pushed many waterfowl into the northwestern corner of the lake. We could not see about 1/6 of the reservoir from our vantage point.
Two hundred + Ring-billed Gulls were the only species on the swim beach ice shelf. We did see one adult and one first winter Lesser Black-backed Gull swimming east of pavilion #4.
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