Went out for an hour or so late-AM bike ride in Lafayette and hit Waneka Lake, Price Lake #1, and Erie Lake. All lakes are almost 100% ice-free.
By 9AM, Waneka Lake was bereft of waterfowl. About 2 dozen gulls out on the water, too far out for me to ID with the camera I carried. Price Lake #1 (south of Safeway), sported a lone *Horned Grebe* in among 18 *Red-Headed Ducks*, a *Common Merganser*, 2 pair of *Buffleheads*, and 6 *Common Goldeneye*. Erie Lake (north of Safeway) had an amazing number of *Ring-Necked Ducks* - I'm guesstimating around 350-400. Also present: about 75 *Red-Headed Ducks*, 20* Mallards,* abt 100 *Canada Geese*, 6-ish *RB Gulls* (they were coming and going), and 22 *Common Goldeneye*. A few pics, here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/63892538@N04/8483130234/in/set-72157632085097698 Happy Birding! Nancy Rynes Lafayette, 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/cobirds/-/C0hJId5UfssJ. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
