Great find, Tom! Hooded Mergansers have been breeding at a gravel pit pond in Fort Collins since at least 2015. There is at least one eBird checklist documenting an adult with chicks. I have no idea why they favor that site. As you note, it isn’t where they are supposed to breed!
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