I began at Cherry Creek Reservoir early this morning, apparently 2-3 hours ahead of ahead of Kathy and Greg's visit. I had some of the same birds, missed some and added some others. Interesting gulls included 1 1st cycle *Glaucous Gull*, 7 *Lesser Black-backed Gulls* (2 1st cy, 1 3rd, and 4 adults), and 4 *Thayer's Gulls* (2 1st cy, 2 ad.). 18 *Snow Geese* were at the northeast corner. Also a male and female *Barrow's Goldeneye*, 1 *Red-necked Grebe*, 2 *Long-tailed Ducks*, and 3 *Red-breasted Mergansers.*
Chatfield Reservoir did not have much, but an adult *Lesser Black-backed Gull* was my 1st there this season, with an adult *Thayer's*, too. Aurora Rampart Reservoir has only the continuing *Pacific Loon* among species of interest, with no scoters in evidence. A *Bald Eagle* overlooking the reservoir may have spooked the waterfowl, as there were few. An *Am. Three-toed Woodpecker* was at the top of High Grade Road in the Deer Creek watershed of JeffCo, and another was in Douglas near CR 67 x Rampart Range Road. An *American Dipper* was along the South Fork of the South Platte upstream of the confluence with the North Fork. I was surprised there were not more dippers along the several miles of river that I looked at up there, as conditions appear prime to me for non-breeding season dippers. David Suddjian Littleton, CO -- 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/CAGj6RopZTi8-SfkwaUyuOq5Q3GtGwnGXjQ%2BQmC6snuB0ANYv%3Dg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
