Yellow-billed Loon - Chatfield Reservoir - Dougco

[Ira Sanders]

Birders,

Here is a follow up to my earlier post.  After I posted, I lost track of the YB Loon for a while.  I and David and Sharon went to the spit and we relocated it much farther west than where I first saw it.  It was in Jeffco at that point.  It then moved to the east and much closer over the next 45 - 60 minutes and I got some almost decent shots (not near as good as those previously posted) that I will try and post later on smugmug.

While we were watching the YB Loon, Patrick spotted 2 birds behind it and those turned out to be 2 Common Loons.  They also got much closer.  I left at about 3 pm and the YB Loon was moving into the Plum Creek Delta area and the Common Loons were headed west.

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Ira Sanders

Golden, CO

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[Janeal Thompson]

Hello Ira,

Congratulations on the Yellow-billed Loon photos.  Tomorrow, Jane Stulp and I are planning a trip from Lamar to Chatfield to hopefully see this great bird which be a lifer for both, so cross your fingers for us!  We appreciate the updates as we are not terribly familiar with the Chatfield area; if you are out tomorrow and see it again, we will be checking COBIRDs regularly.  Look forward to seeing your pictures. Thanks again for the updates.  

Janeal Thompson
Lamar, CO

[modise]

Ira, and everyone who has posted about this bird - thank your for continuing to do so!  My wife and I saw the bird yesterday (as I posted - :)) and, largely, it was because people kept updating about location, times, etc.  While it may seem a little repetitive day after day, it's definitely worth it for those of us who don't get out right away to see it.

This was a lifer for us as well, and a much appreciated one.  Thanks, too, to the two unidentified ladies who looked for the bird for two hours before we got there and found it within about 3 minutes of our arrival!

Bryan and Kristin Arnold