Windsor Lake (Weld) on 3/9/15

[DAVID A LEATHERMAN]

On this day of melt and appearing gizzard shad (both live and dead, in open areas and in the ice), I visited Windsor Lake on the east side of downtown Windsor (Weld) and had the following highlights:

Bald Eagle (2 adults)
Red-breasted Merganser (several)
Thayer's Gull (1 juv.)
California Gull (1 a)
Herring Gull (dozens)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (1a, 1 3rd-cycle)
Long-tailed Duck (1 (f?))  prominent lower face oval, short tail  (can't remember the gender of the bird Austin Hess found here, may be the same one)
Common Goldeneye (hundreds)

Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins