April 9, 2019
Richard Stevens:
High temperature was 78 degrees today.
While walking the First Creek Trail this morning I received a text message about a Red-necked Grebe at Aurora Reservoir. Nothing uncommon was found between the 56th avenue bridge and 56th Avenue trailhead.
I changed plans to search for the Arapahoe County Northern Parula and instead drove to Aurora Reservoir (Arapahoe).
I scoped Aurora Reservoir for about two hours first from the lower swim beach parking area then the West Parking area. The Red-necked Grebe was not found. There were many Eared Grebes, a few Horned Grebes and one Western Grebe. A Bonaparte's Gull swam below the lower parking area pavilion.
No uncommon gulls were encountered. Winds were 16-17 mph with gusts to 22 mph. Many waterfowl may have been missed.
No owls were found along the DIA Owl Loop about 30 minutes before sunset.
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