Saturday, January 19, 2019

Passing Through Arapahoe County

January 19, 2019

Richard Stevens:

Temperatures reached the middle 40s today.  Winds were much better than yesterday.  Afternoon winds were 4-5 mph with gusts only to 12 mph.

After visiting friends in Aurora, I drove a few miles over to Cherry Creek Reservoir (Arapahoe County).  A brief walk around the swim pond and streams flowing into it did not find any Rusty Blackbirds.

I passed Aurora Reservoir (Arapahoe) on the way home and scoped the Lake from the Lower Swim Beach parking area.

The Long-tailed Duck was 40 yards off shore and directly east of the Pavilion.

Hundreds of gulls stood on the ice.  No black-backed, large white or pink-legged gulls were among the hundreds of Ring-billed Gulls.  Few White-cheeked Geese were out there today.

I scanned the DIA Owl Loop from 88th avenue in the late afternoon.  No Short-eared Owls appeared this evening. 

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