As Steve Mlodinow posted a while back, Woods Lake (2 miles e of Severance on
CR74, Weld County) is a whir of activity at present. As the ice finishes it
most recent thaw, gulls are feasting on newly-available gizzard shad and
possibly other species of fish. I was there late this afternoon as the rain
and cold came in. In no way did I survey (just how does one do that without
dieing?) the whole lake and wetland area north of CR74, but did manage to see:
Great Black-backed Gull (1a)
Thayer's Gull (at least 2a and 2 first-year)
California Gull (a few)
Ring-billed Gull (hundreds)
Herring Gull (dozens of all ages: great chance to test the theory that all
large pink-legged gulls are Herring unless proven otherwise)
Plus:
Mallard (hundreds)
Common Merganser (hundreds)
Northern Pintail (few dozen)
Common Goldeneye (few dozen)
Also saw a long-dead Solitary Sandpiper roadkill in the right-of-way. Suspect
it has been there since last fall.
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
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