November 26, 2018
Richard Stevens:
High temperature was 50 degrees this afternoon. Winds stayed 6-7 mph at Aurora Reservoir.
This afternoon I went out searching for the Burrowing Owl reported yesterday at DIA Airport (Denver County). One way roads and traffic made the task difficult. After an hour, I gave up without seeing the owl.
The last two hours of daylight were spent scoping the thousands of gulls on Aurora Reservoir (Arapahoe). Mostly I looked for large white gulls or black mantled gulls. They were too far away from the upper swim beach parking area for more detail.
Two Lesser Black-backed Gulls were picked out. Although I still had to watch them for quite awhile, waiting for them to turn to ensure the low southwestern sun was not creating shadows.
Few non-gulls swam on the lake today. American Coots were in the majority followed by Common Goldeneyes. Only two Western Grebes were identified.
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