Yesterday morning (Feb 5) there were nice gull concentrations at Cooley Lake in South Platte Park, and at McLellen Reservoir. Both bodies of water were 99% frozen, and after gull-watching in -10 degrees I was personally 110% frozen. Sometimes I feel like a fool (for birds). McLellen had over 1300 gulls, including an adult GREAT BLACK-BACKED and an adult THAYER'S, plus one BALD EAGLE. Cooley had over 400 gulls, with a 3rd cycle LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, and a 1st cycle THAYER'S GULL, plus two BALD EAGLES.
On Feb 1 some uncommon winter birds for Arapahoe County included eight PINE SISKINS at South Lakeview Street, a STELLER'S JAY at St. Mary Church, and a MERLIN passing by the area of Gallup x West Caley. Today (Feb 6) a STELLER'S JAY was in a backyard neighboring St. Mary Church - perhaps the same bird that I saw on Feb 1. David Suddjian Littleton -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGj6RorppRp3WW2XCp0shPhrnF-ggrSqWPQbnBDGaGMUCaauTw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
