Common Loons on Erie Reservoir

[Kristy Astry]

I also saw the Common Loons on Erie Reservoir the evening of 10/29,
when I was southbound on US287 at Arapahoe Road. Unfortunately, by the
time I got home, grabbed the binoc, and hurried back, the light was
bad. There's no place to park, so I (illegally) sat at the gate and
glassed the lake as best I could from the east. Saw a flock of
buffleheads, but the Loons were too far for me to see clearly. Thank
you for confirming my sighting!

--
Kristy Lantz Astry
Erie, CO

[jharlan]

I posted this last year but it sounds like it is worth posting again.

After you enter the Safeway shopping center, there is a vacant tire shop
with a few parking spots on the east side of the tire shop.  You can see
nearly the entire lake from the fence.
The lighting is usually better from this location than any other spot during the fall and
winter months because the sun is mostly at your back as you scope the lake.
If there is something real interesting, you can go back to the official
parking area on the west side and hike the trail to get closer.  Or, you can walk eastward
and get on the trail near the east end of the Safeway complex.

By the way, there has been a Harlan's Hawk just north of the Arapahoe/Hwy 287
intersection on a power pole for about a week now.  There are one or more HAHAs
(don't think that's an official abbreviation ;-) ) in this general area every Fall/Winter for
the last several.

jack harlan
E. Boulder County