Birders, I spent the last 1.5 hrs of daylight studying the gulls at Valmont today. The adult TUNDRA SWAN continues in Hillcrest Reservoir, below Legion Park. The RED-NECKED GREBE was in a small hole in the ice on Valmont Reservoir (~98% frozen, mostly a thin layer). A female PRAIRIE MERLIN flew over the parking area. The gull watching was really about as good as it gets from Legion Park. There was a large group on the ice on Valmont when I first arrived just after 4. They all took up and flew into Hillcrest Reservoir, which is a rare sight. It was very convenient to have 2,000+ gulls on the water just below Legion Park. When I left there were about 1900 gulls on the ice on Valmont, and another 2,500 on the water in Hillcrest. I counted the following: 1 1st cycle Glaucous x Herring Gull (I suspect the same individual that has been at Anthem, etc., this winter.)2 Glaucous Gulls (1 ad, 1 v. pale 1st cycle)2 1st cycle Thayer's Gulls (probably a few adults out there but none stood out)1 ad California Gull4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (1 ad, 1 3rd cycle, 2 1st/2nd cycles) ~4200 Ring-billed Gulls~200 Herring Gulls Great birding, Christian Nunes Boulder, CO
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