February 6 & 7, 2008
Inserted by Bryan Ehlmann:
Richard Stevens & I hiked up Waterton Canyon on Wednesday afternoon. We planned to camp overnight as a practice run for a trip up Guanella Pass and Rocky Mountain National Park.
It snowed most of the afternoon. The silence of no cars, few airplanes, and no people was a treat. Just the falling snow coming straight down because of the lack of wind was a reward!
After setting up our tents at the south side of the reservoir (7 miles from the trailhead), we hiked another mile south up the Colorado Trail.
We played Northern Pygmy-Owl and Northern Saw-whet Owl recordings and got a response from a Pygmy-Owl about 0.5 miles from our camp.
Thursday morning we woke to 10 degree temperatures. Getting out of our warm sleeping bags was the chore for the morning.
Once we were moving around, things were fine. On the trip back to our car, we found several Spotted Towhees, Song Sparrows, many White-crowned Sparrows, and American Tree Sparrows.
The highlight was a flyby adult Golden Eagle, maybe checking out the rabbit that our presence kicked up?
Inserted by Bryan Ehlmann:
Richard Stevens & I hiked up Waterton Canyon on Wednesday afternoon. We planned to camp overnight as a practice run for a trip up Guanella Pass and Rocky Mountain National Park.
It snowed most of the afternoon. The silence of no cars, few airplanes, and no people was a treat. Just the falling snow coming straight down because of the lack of wind was a reward!
After setting up our tents at the south side of the reservoir (7 miles from the trailhead), we hiked another mile south up the Colorado Trail.
We played Northern Pygmy-Owl and Northern Saw-whet Owl recordings and got a response from a Pygmy-Owl about 0.5 miles from our camp.
Thursday morning we woke to 10 degree temperatures. Getting out of our warm sleeping bags was the chore for the morning.
Once we were moving around, things were fine. On the trip back to our car, we found several Spotted Towhees, Song Sparrows, many White-crowned Sparrows, and American Tree Sparrows.
The highlight was a flyby adult Golden Eagle, maybe checking out the rabbit that our presence kicked up?
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