To follow up on this -- there have been a lot of gulls moving over the west Centennial / Greenwood Village area lately around dawn and dusk. I had about a hundred on Sunday morning over Blackmer Lake and a few hundred over Marjorie Perry Nature Preserve. A hundred or so have been moving over deKoevend during these times as well. They mostly seem headed west in the evening. I've been wondering where to...McClellan hadn't occurred to me.
This is bittersweet for me. I can hardly identify any of them. But the real bitterness comes from the first time a 100 or so passed over my yard, which was on Jan 2. I grabbed my camera and in my rush to try to get a picture for ID photos slipped on accumulated ice near my patio, bounced off my patio table, and knocked my binoculars, which were on the table, to the patio (which is merely concrete). Now, one of the eye pieces won't "stick" in its full extended position! I'll send it in for repairs, right after I get my budget pair (also busted!!!!) fixed so I won't be without! And, for the effort, those photos...all they show is ... "gulls." For the past few days, when I see the gulls pass over, I think of my binoculars falling and what might have been had I not even bothered. Now, I'll also think of how David picked out anything other than Ring-billed in the flocks! - Jared Del Rosso Centennial, CO On Monday, January 9, 2017 at 5:28:00 PM UTC-7, David Suddjian wrote: > > A lot of gulls were passing south over the vicinity of St. Mary Catholic > Church late this afternoon, along South Prince St in Littleton. They were > all pointed at McClellen Reservoir or thereabouts. Highlights during 30 > minutes of somewhat focused observation were a 1st cycle *Glaucous Gull* > and an adult *Lesser Black-backed*, along with a smattering of *Herring *and > 100s of *Ring-billed*. > > 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/514e2a5a-da72-414b-9422-5bc6d5ee3f92%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
