Field Trip Report

October 27, 2002
Larimer Lakes

We visited 16 lakes in eastern Larimer County (see list below). Overall, 70 species of birds were observed. The dominant waterfowl were Redhead (approximately 1000 birds), American Wigeon (500), Gadwall (400), Common Merganser (350), and Canada Goose (300). Other highlights included:

Blue-winged Teal- 2 at Smith Lake
Northern Shrike-1 at Smith Lake
Greater Yellowlegs-10 at Smith Lake and N. Poudre Res. #3
Black-bellied Plover-1 calling at N. Poudre Res. #3
Greater Scaup - 9 at N. Poudre Res. #3
Baird's Sandpiper-3 at Bee Reservoir
Harlan's Hawk-1 at Windsor Reservoir Annex #8
EASTERN PHEOBE- 1 imm. near Horseshoe Lake, Loveland
Long-billed Dowitcher -3 at Horseshoe Lake
Eurasian Collared-Dove - 30 at #620 CR12 (south of Loveland)
Steller's Jay-3 (along CR23 southwest of Loveland, several miles from usual haunts in foothills)
Common Loon-1 at Lonetree Reservoir
Bonaparte's Gull-45, at 4 lakes, mostly at Lake Loveland

Lakes visited in Larimer County:
Wellington area
Smith Lake
North Poudre Reservoir #3
Wellington Reservoir #4
Bee Lake
Douglas Lake

North of Fort Collins
Windsor Reservoir Annex#8
Terry Lake
Long Pond

Between Fort Collins and Loveland
Duck Lake
Horseshoe Lake

South of Loveland
Lake at CR1 and CR12
Loveland Reservoir
Welch Reservoir
Lonetree Reservoir

Loveland
Cattail Pond
Lake Loveland

Nick Komar
quetzal65@attbi.com