March 18, 2019
Richard Stevens:
I spent most of the day in Adams County. High temperature was 46 degrees under partly sunny skies. Winds were 5-6 mph with gusts to 16 mph.
The Red-throated Loon was swimming along the southwest section of the lake south of 104th Avenue/east of McKay Road (south of Elaine T. Valente Open Space). A large number of Canvasbacks were also on the Lake.
A large group of gulls stood on the sandbar on the gravel pit at the southwest corner of McKay Road and 100th Avenue. These included a Glaucous Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, possible Glaucous-winged Gull and two Iceland Gulls (one Iceland and one Thayer's subspecies).
My next stop was the 89th Avenue Pond where a Glaucous Gull and Mew Gull were reported yesterday. While no gulls were at the lake, the male Barrow's Goldeneye I found Sunday was still there.
The Adams County gulls appear to move between the many lakes and gravel pits between I76 and McKay Road.
A stop at Rocky Mountain Arsenal found the adult Lesser Black-backed Gull still at Lake Ladora. Still no Surf Scoter was found. I drove the wildlife loop and found no Red-headed Woodpeckers, Eastern Phoebes or Burrowing Owls.
No Short-eared or Burrowing Owls appeared along the DIA Owl Loop as I drove home.
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