[cobirds] Little Gull, Terry Lake, Boulder

Hi all,

Like Cathy posted earlier, the Little Gull was present this morning at Terry Lake. 

I ran into John Vanderpoel, Peter Gent, Joyce Takamine and Maggie Boswell there, first on the west side of the lake but a bit later on the east side. In the mornings, that is certainly the better viewing option. To get to the east side, exit US 287 west at (what I think is) county road 4. The dirt road goes for about a mile before it ends at a private driveway entrance, but from there you can have nice backlit morning views of a good portion of the reservoir. It was from that with John's help we were all able eventually to locate and to get on the bird.

Even from there, the bird was never close, but the more favorable light made it easier to separate the bird from the few dozen Bonaparte's Gulls that are also currently working the reservoir. A scope is definitely necessary to get anything resembling a good look at it.

Oh, and this was a lifer for me. Thanks to Steve Mlodinow for his timely reporting of this bird!

Good luck to anyone else looking for this bird,

Eric

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Eric DeFonso
Boulder, CO

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