End of Western Slope Trip

July 30, 2008

Sue Ehlmann: We are glad to be home after almost two months on the western slope of Colorado. It was great to sleep in our own bed last night.

The last two days of our trip included around Buena Vista, Chaffee County....American Three-toed Woodpecker, Lewis's Woodpecker, Pinyon Jays, Northern Saw-whet Owls and in Park County up Michigan Creek Road we missed any owls but found another Three-toed Woodpecker.

Bryan Ehlmann:

Group A
Fremont County (2 birders, 40 birding hours)
Coaldale to Hayden Pass Area
American Three-toed Woodpecker, Flammulated Owl

Group B
Park County (2 birders, 36 birding hours)
Buena Vista Area to Denver
Northern Saw-whet Owl, American Three-toed Woodpecker

July 29, 2008

Group A
Gunnison County (2 birders, 40 birding hours)
Monarch Pass
(American Three-toed Woodpecker)

Group B
Chaffee County (2 birders, 34 birding hours)
Lewis's Woodpecker, American Three-toed Woodpecker, Pinyon Jay)

July 28, 2008

Group A (2 birders, 40 birding hours)
Saguache County
Dome Lake, North Pass, Cochetopa Pass
Northern Pygmy-Owl, American Three-toed Woodpecker
(big miss: Flammulated Owl)

Group B (2 birders, 38 birding hours)
Gunnison County
Cumberland Pass, Tincup
White-tailed Ptarmigan, Pinyon Jay, Calliope Hummingbird, Rufous Hummingbird, Northern Pygmy-Owl, Boreal Owl