I attempted birding some lakes today, hand-holding my scope against the car window without a tripod (long story involving a strong gust of wind and the dam rocks at Douglas Reservoir that has a $3.75 happy ending, thanks to the invention of polycarbonate tube materials and recent arrival of the right brass replacement bushing).
Timnath Reservoir Barrow's Goldeneye (1m) far western side against the rocks, eating crayfish Dead White Pelican (way across the res on the far northern shore) Double-crested Cormorant (1) on western shore rocks Very few birds, in total, and nothing else of major interest (that I could see with my hampered set-up) Windsor Lake (on the eastern end of downtown Windsor) 225+ Common Goldeneyes Snow Goose (1 white, 1 blue) Common Merganser (ONE!) Woods Lake (3 miles east of Severance on Weld CR74) Always a frustrating and dangerous place to check Lots of white geese, mostly Snow, some Ross's Tons of Mallards Drake Lake (Weld CR23 just s of Highway 14) Lesser Black-backed Gull (1a, 1 subadult (2nd-year?)) California Gull (several dozen) Grandview Cemetery (Fort Collins) Golden Eagle (flyover with a very full crop) FOY at this location Dave Leatherman Fort Collins -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/SNT148-W362A8E8ED3DA59FE7CED5BC1730%40phx.gbl. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.