Birders,

In between canoeing to the islands on the north side of John Martin Reservoir, the first-cycle Iceland Gull reported by Tony Leukering last Friday flew by me when I was at Point Overlook. It was alone and headed to the west. There are countless places for a single gull to hide, and I know of no primary roost sites, but. . ., this bird could appear again to the dedicated or lucky birder.

The Brown Pelican is present for day five in the basin below the dam at John Martin Reservoir, but something seems different. It wasn't there when I first arrived, flew in from the west, briefly enjoyed the current in the settlement basin, got up, and circled high with American White Pelicans. I don't know if it dropped back down, but, to me, it seemed restless and ready to move on.

There was a thread on cobirds a while ago about unlikely bird pairings. Certainly a Brown Pelican and an Iceland Gull at the same lake on the same day in Colorado has to stretch the boundaries of the possible.

Duane Nelson
Las Animas, Bent County, CO

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