Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Arapahoe County Reservoirs

August 28, 2018

Richard Stevens:

A much cooler day with a high temperature of only 77 degrees.  Winds were 6-7 mph with gusts to 12 mph.

While at doing chores, I searched unsuccessfully for the Caspian Tern at Cherry Creek Reservoir (Arapahoe).

A stop at Aurora Reservoir (about 11 miles east of Cherry Creek Reservoir) was more successful.  After scoping the lake from the upper swim beach parking area, I walked from the western dam parking area to the northwest corner.  

A Caspian Tern was standing on the bottom of the dam along with four hundred+ Ring-billed Gulls, thirty+ California Gulls, one Franklin's Gull and one Herring Gull.

The Caspian Tern could have been the Cherry Creek Reservoir bird reported earlier in the day.

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