[cobirds] South Platte (Adams), Teller 5 (Boulder) 1/26

Hi Everyone--

This morning 1/26, I went over to Teller Lake #5 and ran into the CFO crowd
looking at gulls. We saw lots of Herring and Thayer's Gulls, at least 4
Lesser Black-backed Gulls, a few Ring-billed Gulls, and that amazing adult
Iceland Gull. I drove over to Boulder Creek at 75th, where I ran into Peter
Gent and another birding crowd. Not much happening there, so I drove over to
Adams County and the parking area at 64th and York. From there I walked
along the South Platte as far as the aqua-striped water tower north of 84th.
At the east end of the footbridge where the trail goes under I-76, I saw 9
Rusty Blackbirds, 1 Killdeer, and 1 Wilson's Snipe feeding in the rocks at
around 10am. The White Pelican was hanging out in the river just north of
the footbridge. North of 84th, I saw 4 Barrow's Goldeneyes (1 male, 3
females). The large reservoir just east of the railroad trestle had several
patches of open water, and was full of ducks, including 3 Red-breasted
Mergansers. The Rusties seem to go elsewhere in the afternoon. I did not see
them on the hike back. One dark-morph Harlan's Red-tail and 6 Double-crested
Cormorants were along the river south of I-76.

On the way home, I stopped back at Teller Lake #5. By 3pm, there were still
quite a few Herring and Thayer's Gulls, a smattering of Ring-billed Gulls,
only one Lesser Black-backed Gull, and no Iceland or Glaucous-winged Gulls.
There was one candidate for a Glaucous x Herring first cycle (bill half
pink, pale plumage, Herring structure and size).

Mark Miller
Longmont, CO


--
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+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.