Common Goldeneyes arrive

Common Goldeneyes have arrived in Fremont County, probably with the storm that brought cooler temps and a little cold rain (snow in Denver area, but Canon City and much of SE Colorado were warm enough that we only got rain). I saw 3 males, like the beauty in this photo from the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement Website, and 1 female Common Goldeneyes at Brush Hollow Reservoir.

There was one female Lesser Scaup on the reservoir. And there were a lot of Ring-billed Gulls, at least 45 of them, also at Brush Hollow. I believe they fly up to Brush Hollow from the Pueblo Reservoir as I have watched them on a number of occasions flying off to the southeast in late afternoon and not returning before dark.

I saw 6 Red-tailed Hawks, one at Brush Hollow Res and 5 on the approximately 15 mile drive there from Canon City. This was a lot more hawks than I usually see and likely related to the weather in some way.
SeEtta