Scope is best. Lone, male, great plumage, long-tailed duck on Big Johnson Reservoir south of the Colorado Springs Airport. At 9:30AM on Sunday it was paddling near the south shore of the reservoir so was visible with binoculars. At 3:30PM it had relocated to the center west side of the reservoir and was much harder to pick out among 1000 dispersed ring-billed gulls, Ruddy Ducks, 12 Western Grebe, Shovelers, Mallards, Bufflehead, Coot, Eared Grebe, a couple of horned grebe. Directions: From the entrance to the Colorado Springs Airport at the intersection of Powers Blvd an Milton Proby Parkway (SE Colorado Springs) head south on Powers 2.5 miles, take a right (south) on Grinnell Street, then a left (east) at the stop sign on Bradley Road. Bradley ends in 0.5 miles and curves right (south). Head south on Goldfield Drive (you can see the reservoir to the southeast) to parking on the left (east side of the road). Bluestem Open Space surrounds Big Johnson with a trail head at 38° 44.629'N, 104° 41.680'W. The trail continues around, but ends on the north side. There is no loop to get back to parking.
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