On this windy day, 10/27, I decided to check lot of lakes and reservoirs in
Larimer County. I didn't have to many birds of interest, but the best bird of
the day was a Chihuahuan Raven flying over Timnath Reservoir. Yesterday, I
checked a few lakes also. Birds and lakes of interest:
10/26 (southwest Loveland)
Lonetree Reservoir
Lot of grebes and gulls (the later coming to roost), this lake should be
checked regularly.
Dry Creek Reservoir
A ton of diving ducks. I would not be surprised if a scoter or interesting
loon shows up here this fall.
10/27
Horseshoe Reservoir
Red-breasted Merganser - 1 female (previously reported)
Bonaparte's Gull - 1 adult (previously reported)
Boyd Lake
Common Loon - 2
Fossil Creek Reservoir and Swede Lake
Thousands of dabbling ducks, perhaps something rare like a Eurasian Wigeon
or American Black Duck will show up here this fall.
Timnath Reservoir
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 adults
CHIHUAHUAN RAVEN - 1 flew from the east to the west (against the wind)
along
the south shore. I got it in my scope and it filled up my scope view. When I
first saw it I thought it was an American Crow. It had a short, thick bill. The
bill had very little (less than 1/4 of the bill) showing beyond the nasal
bristles. It had a fairly rounded tail (very slightly wedge shaped). The wings
were shorter than and a little wider than I am use to for Common Raven.
Unfortunately, if I would have been carrying my camera with me I would have
gotten a great photo.
Other locations that I checked that didn't have anything of interest:
Duck Lake, Strauss Cabin Archery Range Pond, Deadman Lake, Lake Loveland,
Donath
Reservoir, Cattail Pond, Bud Mielke Reservoir, Ryan's Gulch Reservoir, Lon
Hagler Reservoir, Boedecker Reservoir, and Rist Benson Reservoir.
Cole Wild
Loveland
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