Surf Scoter---Bear Creek Lake Park/Jeffco

[markc...@comcast.net]

Late this afternoon, I stopped by Bear Creek Lake Park to see if the eBird report of a Clark's Grebe seen earlier today was present.  I saw 12 Westerns but didn't see any Clark's.  I did see two Surf Scoters resting on the lake.  Most of the time they were tucked in resting, but I was able to get a view when they decided to stretch.  I'm  curious if the two Surf Scooters are still on South Platte Reservoir.

Mark Chavez
Lakewood-Green Mtn
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[Migrant]

Nina Routh, Toni Rautus, Paul Slingsby and I spent the day visiting nearby birding sites yesterday, and stop #1 was South Platte Res., which had an acute lack of scoters. It's a good bet that your BCLP birds were the same two. 

As a side note, we decided to pop up to Genesee to see if the approaching weather might stir up some activity among the mountain species. After fifteen minutes of the usual winter mountain silence, we stumbled upon a mixed flock that included good numbers of crossbills (don't ask me which version; I'm damn lucky to be able to hear a few assorted peeps, much less sort out type 27 bristlecone versus type 93 Sargasso Sea or whatever), Cassin's finches, all three nuthatches, hairy woodpecker, and juncos. Surprisingly, we were unable to turn up a creeper. As we were leaving, we saw an interesting aerial squabble involving a raven (raven sp: I guess inability to differentiate common from Chihuahuan can now be added to my lengthy list of ornithological shortcomings), a red-tail and a golden eagle, with a goshawk as a non-participant spectator. Based on our experience there, foothills conifers might be a good place to check over the next few days.

Norm Lewis

Lakewood

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[Douglas Kibbe]

In reply to Mark's question, no two Surf Scoter are not still present on South Platte Reservoir.
However, one was still there this morning and it has (finally!) moved across the imaginary line into Jefferson County.
 
Doug Kibbe
Littleton
 

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Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 00:43:53 +0000
From: markc...@comcast.net
To: cob...@googlegroups.com
Subject: [cobirds] Surf Scoter---Bear Creek Lake Park/Jeffco