Gilpin County - Franklin's Gulls

Donna Stumpp

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Apr 16, 2022, 10:10:20 PM4/16/22

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A spontaneous trip to Gilpin County this afternoon produced another rare sighting. You may recall the 35 Common Redpolls a few months ago. This time it was 16 Franklin's Gulls at Central City Reservoir. I didn't realize it was the first county sighting, but there don't appear to be any previous ones as far as I can tell in eBird.

The checklist also has a recording. https://ebird.org/checklist/S107249452 4-16 FRGU Chase Gulch Res.jpeg

Donna Stumpp

Jefferson County

Nicholas Komar

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Apr 17, 2022, 10:55:40 AM4/17/22

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Congrats Donna! I don’t think anyone has signed up for Gilpin County for the Colorado Birding Challenge as yet.

Nick Komar

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On Apr 16, 2022, at 8:10 PM, Donna Stumpp <donna....@gmail.com> wrote:

A spontaneous trip to Gilpin County this afternoon produced another rare sighting. You may recall the 35 Common Redpolls a few months ago. This time it was 16 Franklin's Gulls at Central City Reservoir. I didn't realize it was the first county sighting, but there don't appear to be any previous ones as far as I can tell in eBird.

The checklist also has a recording. https://ebird.org/checklist/S107249452

Donna Stumpp
Jefferson County

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Donna Stumpp

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Apr 17, 2022, 1:11:21 PM4/17/22

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I've had several people ask about access and how I was able to take the photos. The parking lot on the SW area of the reservoir was open, so we just went in and parked. We first tried viewing from the west end, and while we did see a different area of the reservoir, the water was pretty far away.

If you're looking for more information, the reservoir is also called Chase Gulch Reservoir. It doesn't appear if you have the map view turned on in Google Maps, only with the satellite view. Then the parking area is visible also. About 20% of the lake still had ice on it. And if you like to fish also, note that fishing is only permitted for Central City and Gilpin County residents. I heard the sheriff lives up the hill and keeps a close eye on it.