I birded Windsor Lake for 3 hours plus today, mostly hiding behind a pole near
the swim beach to escape the wind watching and photographing gulls and terns
and eventually did a lap. Once comfortably numb it wasn't too bad. Amazing
disappearance of the big merganser flock. Still 150 or so
One highlight I forgot to mention at Windsor Lake this afternoon was
approximately 30 Snow Geese in with all the Cacklers.
Of course, the correct first name of the Tundra Swan finder at Timnath Res is
Cole (misspelled in my other posting). Thank you to Cole and Josh for their
finds.
Dave
After seeing the two Tundra Swans (southeast bay) and Brant (west side along
the dam) at Timnath Res (Larimer) found by Cold Wild and Josh Bruening,
respectively, I went to Windsor Lake in the town of Windsor (Weld).
Highlights were:
Red-necked Grebe (1) mostly in the northern part of the res
Seen today during Front Range Community College field trips to Windsor Lake (in
the town of Windsor, accessed off 7th on Cedar):
Glaucous Gull (1 subadult, not sure which cycle but probably 2nd or 3rd, the
champion kleptoparasite, mostly victimizing goldeneye))
Thayer's Gull (at least 2
On this day of melt and appearing gizzard shad (both live and dead, in open
areas and in the ice), I visited Windsor Lake on the east side of downtown
Windsor (Weld) and had the following highlights:
Bald Eagle (2 adults)
Red-breasted Merganser (several)
Thayer's Gull (1 juv.)
California Gull
Greetings All,
I have finally gotten pics (with ID commentary) of today's minima Cackling
Goose up on my Flickr Site. They can be viewed at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36088296@N08/
Note that there are some reference photos that precede photos of the actual
bird... There was not a FLOCK of
