December 7, 2007
Dave King and I drove up to Summit County. Weather was no good. High winds, blowing snow, cold temperatures.
We did manage to find 3 species of Rosy Finches, Evening Grosbeaks, Pine Grosbeaks, Mountain Chickadees, Black-capped Chickadees, Pine Siskins, Downy Woodpeckers, Hairy Woodpeckers, Clark's Nutcrackers, Gray Jays, and 3 species of Nuthatches. We even found a Brown Creeper!
Made for quite a good trip in spite of the weather!
A quick stop at the Blue River Water Treatment Plant added 8 Barrow's Goldeneyes and 2 Common Goldeneyes to our trip list.
We searched for the previously reported Bohemian Waxwings along the road to Ute Pass, without success. Weather was getting worse, so we headed back to Denver.
We stopped a Denver West Office Complex and got another look at the Pine Warbler. It was again with a flock of Yellow-rumped Warblers north of building #15 and south & east of building # 17. No sign of a reported Wilson's Warbler.
Again, no Eastern Screech-Owls were out at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt (Jefferson).
Dave King and I drove up to Summit County. Weather was no good. High winds, blowing snow, cold temperatures.
We did manage to find 3 species of Rosy Finches, Evening Grosbeaks, Pine Grosbeaks, Mountain Chickadees, Black-capped Chickadees, Pine Siskins, Downy Woodpeckers, Hairy Woodpeckers, Clark's Nutcrackers, Gray Jays, and 3 species of Nuthatches. We even found a Brown Creeper!
Made for quite a good trip in spite of the weather!
A quick stop at the Blue River Water Treatment Plant added 8 Barrow's Goldeneyes and 2 Common Goldeneyes to our trip list.
We searched for the previously reported Bohemian Waxwings along the road to Ute Pass, without success. Weather was getting worse, so we headed back to Denver.
We stopped a Denver West Office Complex and got another look at the Pine Warbler. It was again with a flock of Yellow-rumped Warblers north of building #15 and south & east of building # 17. No sign of a reported Wilson's Warbler.
Again, no Eastern Screech-Owls were out at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt (Jefferson).
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