At 4:07pm I found a YELLOW-BILLED LOON on Chatfield Reservoir. The bird was seen between the Massey Draw parking lot and the Swim Beach parking lot. Presumably this is the same Yellow-billed Loon as was previously reported at Boyd Lake. I was not able to go up and see the Boyd Lake bird, but here is a description of the Chatfield bird:
Large, "block-headed" loon with large, yellow bill; upturned distal half of the lower mandible. Head a nice light tan-brown (not the dark chocolate-brown of a Common Loon). Pale face with small eye and larger circular "ear spot" behind the eye. Clear "indentations" between the pale front of the neck and throat and the tan-brown of the back of the neck. Back feathers broadly edged in buff creating a nice barred appearance to the back indicating this to be an 1st year bird. The bird was actively diving during the 8 minutes that I observed it. Also, seen was the continuing RED-NECKED GREBE best seen from the Lake View parking area (turn at the Campground Registration office and continue to the parking lot at the end). Joey Kellner Littleton, Colorado -- 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/006a01d01737%24e695ee10%24b3c1ca30%24%40net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
