Scoters in Colorado Springs

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With help from Mel Goff and Beth Payne,

I saw the three scoter species continuing at Prospect Lake, Memorial Park, Colorado Springs:  Black Scoter, White-winged Scoter and Surf Scoter.  Surf and white-winged were toward the north end and the Black Scoter was more toward the south end.  Lake is now ice-free, so birds are dispersed over the lake.  

At Big Johnson Reservoir, we also saw Surf Scoter and White-winged Scoter and I was also pleased to see Pintail Duck since it has been a while since I've seen those.  Lots of the other expected subjects in both places.

We also stopped at Doubletree ponds and it had a lot of waterfowl but nothing unexpected.

Diana Beatty

Colorado Springs