John Vanderpoel and I were lucky enough to spot the Manitou Lake Sandwich Tern as we drove up from Woodland Park in the early afternoon. As we were watching it forage successfully over the small pond west of CO 67, we almost saw the bird’s demise as it dropped a small food item it had just caught right in front of a big pick-up that was barreling down the highway. Fortunately, discretion by the tern was the better part of valor!
We then went down to Big Johnson Reservoir near Security where we found the birds posted by Mark Peterson the other day—Pacific Loon, Laughing Gull and (one) Lesser Black-backed Gull.
Bill Kaempfer
Boulder
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