Horseshoe Lake and Lake Loveland on the north side of Loveland in Larimer County continue to be hotspots for gulls. Lake Loveland hosted about 300 Franklin’s Gulls, fairly evenly distributed across the lake surface. Also a handful or 2 of Bonaparte’s Gulls among them.
Horseshoe Lake this afternoon hosted two large gull flocks on the west side, observed from the neighborhood off Monroe St. Combined, the number of California Gulls was about 650, which caused a flag in ebird. All were adult except for 1 brown first-cycle individual. Two other first-cycle birds were present – a Lesser Black-backed Gull (different than the 4 here on Saturday), and a Thayer’s Gull. Also a straggling adult Herring Gull, and some Franklin’s Gulls. Photos of most of these birds (and the pink-washed Ring-billed Gull from yesterday) are in my recent birds gallery on my pbase site – www.pbase.com/quetzal. Nick Komar Fort Collins, 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
