At Boulder Reservoir late this afternoon: Horned Grebe, 20 Bald Eagle, 1 adult Pectoral Sandpiper, 1 Baird's Sandpiper, 2 Sabine's Gull, 1 juvenile. Although the bird was distant and the light a bit dim, I had very good and long scope looks. The funny thing about this bird was that all the parts that my field guides show as brown (on the head, neck, back, and wings) appeared to be black. So, the bird appeared to be totally black and white. A couple of the black and white photos in Grant's Gulls appear to be dark gray and approach what I saw, but what I saw was a bird that with all dark parts quite black. The "M" shape on the dorsal side of the bird in flight appeared uniformly black, and I watched for an hour or so. It was really pretty striking. Herring Gull, 1 juvenile Bluebird species, 20 American Pipit, 4
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