I stopped by McIntosh Lake (NW Longmont, Boulder County) this morning on my way to Rabbit Mountain. The lake is mostly open. On the ice shelf, there were few gulls, but the diversity was quite high for the numbers. I ended up with:
Ring-billed Gull (31) Herring Gull (4 adults; 1 juvenile; 1 likely hybrid with Herring in the mix) California Gull (1 adult) Lesser-black Backed Gull (1 adult) Iceland (Thayer's) Gull (1 adult) possible (low probability) Mew Gull (1; which I never got a good look of the head/beak to confirm and it was distant) The best bird of the day though for me was a twice-calling CAROLINA WREN somewhere near the western intersection of Lakeview Circle and Lakeshore Drive on the SW side of the lake. The bird was somewhere southeast of the western end of Lakeview Circle. I drove Lakeview looking for it, but came up empty. The call I heard was the descending trill call that I remember from my childhood in PA. I am certain it was a Carolina Wren and not a mimic of any kind. The first call I heard took me right back to PA, and the second call I knew it had to be Carolina Wren. In 2012, there was a Carolina Wren in this area that wasn't proven to be chaseable (or at least inconsistent), but I wish you luck if you do go looking. I will stop by every so often to see if I hear it again. If you need any more info, let me know, and I will be glad to help. Thanks, Bryan Bryan Guarente Meteorologist/Instructional Designer UCAR/The COMET Program Boulder, 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAENnWHuvFvurLoH8y6qzw1sZz7%2BY7zHGkeTzyYK3OyfcF8yH%3DA%40mail.gmail.com.
