Birding at Golden Ponds

This morning we birded Golden Ponds in Longmont.  The first pond by the parking lot was frozen except for a hole of open water.  There were lots of Canada Geese, Mallards, and Ring-billed Gulls around the patch of open water.  We took some good photos of the Canada Geese, and we also caught a couple of gulls in flight!

Ring-billed Gull - by Marcel Such

At the second pond there was more open water and more birds.  There was even a Great Blue Heron on the shore of an island!  When we returned to the first lake, we found a bird that wasn't there before, a domestic duck.

Domestic Duck - by Joel Such

Canada Goose - by Joel Such

Bird Count for Golden Ponds:

Cackling Goose - 1

Canada Goose - 50

American Wigeon - 2 females, 3 males

Mallard - 5 females, 10 males

Ring-necked Duck - 5 females, 15 males

Lesser Scaup - 1 male

Bufflehead - 3 males, 3 females

Common Goldeneye - 2 males

Great Blue Heron - 1

American Kestrel - 1

American Coot - 1

Ring-billed Gull - 30

Herring Gull - 1

Rock Pigeon - 3

Northern "Red-shafted" Flicker - 1

Blue Jay - 1

American Crow - 1

European Starling - 10

House Finch - 5

House Sparrow - 1