Greetings All,
Near the intersection of Arapahoe and US-287, behind the Safeway, is Erie Res. It, for some reason, is more open than in months. Prince Pond #1 is nearly frozen, its aerator no longer operational. At Erie Res, there were about 2000 gulls, including 2 Glaucous (1st and 2nd year birds) 8 Thayer's 3 Lesser Black-backed 2 Cal Gulls 30+ Herring Gulls. 2 Harlan's Hawks were also in the trees around the reservoir Great viewing conditions as birds fairly tame and there is a walkway all around the pond. The Anthem and Sienna Ponds were dead, though on HWY 7 just w. of the Anthem Ponds, there was a light morph RL Hawk. About 1/2 mile past the "usual" gull pond at Anthem, there is another pond, partly frozen. It was filled with geese including 2 Snows. More interestingly, there were at least 15 Taverner's Cackling Geese among them, mostly in family groups. This is about the time of year they start to migrate in eastern WA (they state from which I moved here from), so ? Cheers Steven Mlodinow Longmont CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
