[cobirds] Boulder Audubon Trip on the 470 Loop

John Vanderpoel and I led a convivial group of 10 for a Boulder Audubon Society field trip on a 470-loop around Denver today.

 

We began things well with a Snow Goose seen from our gathering spot on the Boulder-Longmont Diagonal in Niwot.  At Boulder Reservoir we had our only Bonaparte’s Gull and Common Goldeneye (are they slow arriving this year?).

 

We then slipped down to Chatfield where we had 4 Red-necked Grebes scattered about as well as a pair of Common Loons.  The South Platte Park Surf Scoters continue as well.  Counties in this area are balkanized as you know, but of the above birds I would say that JeffCO was 3-0-2 and DougCO was 1-2-0 (sorry ArapCo, you will have to wait for the next two stops).

 

Cherry Creek SP was also just covered with birds the best of which were 3 Common Loons and a Lesser Black-backed Gull adult.  Aurora Reservoir was even more covered with birds and highlights were a 1^st year Thayer’s Gull, an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull and a couple of Snow Geese.

 

A beautiful Colorado November day with a high temp of 66, calm winds and not a cloud in the sky.  I hope you got to enjoy it too.

 

Bill Kaempfer

Boulder