Friday, January 10, 2020

Windy Day at Aurora Reservoir

January 9, 2020

Richard Stevens:

High temperature was 43 degrees.  Winds were strong tody at 15-16 mph with gusts measured at 28 mph.

Once again, I returned to Aurora Reservoir (Arapahoe County) hoping for better loon photos.  High winds made for high waves and terrible visibility of the waterfowl bobbing up and down difficult.

Eventually, the Yellow-billed, one Common and Pacific Loon were found again.  My better photos were put in January 2020 "Colorado Field Notes"
coloradobirdingsociety.net/coloradofieldnotes.htm

The adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was not observed today but I did capture the sub-adult Lesser Black-backed Gull.  Its photo will be posted in a day or two on the Colorado Birding Society's photo library:
coloradobirdingsociety.net 

No Short-eared Owls appeared along the DIA Owl Loop this evening.  I was parked along West Cargo Road approximately 0.2 miles south (uphill) of Third Creek.

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