January 24, 2009
Richard Stevens:
Earlier in the week I visited 11 of the 43 walk-in hunting areas listed in Morgan County.
Today Gary Weston, Bryan Ehlmann and I returned to Morgan County. Besides visiting Jackson Reservoir and Brush Wildlife Area, we hit another 14 of the walk-in areas and re-visited the section where I found Snow Buntings earlier in the week.
My goal this week was to take a representative photo and GPS waypoints for as many of the walk-in hunting areas in Morgan County as possible. The walk-in areas require a special $20 pass that is only good during September 1st through the end of February.
Several of these areas in Weld County have ponds or lakes. None visited this week did. One did have a nice creek with just a little water.
Our first stop was Jackson Reservoir where we located the White-throated Sparrow and several other birds I found on Thursday. We had no luck searching for the Northern Goshawk or Bohemian Waxwing. Our stay did not last until dark and therefore we also missed the Short-eared Owl and Eastern Screech-Owl I found previously.
We hit the walk-in area north of CR AA and CR 28 first. A few Horned Larks were there but not nearly as many as Thursday. No Snow Buntings could be found. We then visited another 14 walk-in areas. Only about 200 Horned Larks were found. Two areas also had a dozen or so Lapland Longspurs.
I again tried to obtain access to Vancil Reservoir (south of CR AA & CR 28); again without success in contacting the landowner.
We ended our birding day with a quick stop at Brush Wildlife Area where I again found several Red-bellied Woodpeckers and the Eastern Screech-Owl!
Note: We started our day up in Weld County. I was not going to report the 2 Snow Buntings near Pawnee National Grasslands; however the report did get out.
We found 2 Snow Buntings by hiking the gravel road that heads west from CR 37 at 1.0 miles north of the USDA Office. We then continued west to Cow Creek, turned south and found a Short-eared Owl about 1/4-1/2 mile south along the creek.
On the way to Jackson Reservoir we found another Snow Bunting flyover at CR 122 and CR 45. Several flocks of Lapland Longspurs were seen along Weld County Road 105 and another along Morgan CR 4.
Richard Stevens:
Earlier in the week I visited 11 of the 43 walk-in hunting areas listed in Morgan County.
Today Gary Weston, Bryan Ehlmann and I returned to Morgan County. Besides visiting Jackson Reservoir and Brush Wildlife Area, we hit another 14 of the walk-in areas and re-visited the section where I found Snow Buntings earlier in the week.
My goal this week was to take a representative photo and GPS waypoints for as many of the walk-in hunting areas in Morgan County as possible. The walk-in areas require a special $20 pass that is only good during September 1st through the end of February.
Several of these areas in Weld County have ponds or lakes. None visited this week did. One did have a nice creek with just a little water.
Our first stop was Jackson Reservoir where we located the White-throated Sparrow and several other birds I found on Thursday. We had no luck searching for the Northern Goshawk or Bohemian Waxwing. Our stay did not last until dark and therefore we also missed the Short-eared Owl and Eastern Screech-Owl I found previously.
We hit the walk-in area north of CR AA and CR 28 first. A few Horned Larks were there but not nearly as many as Thursday. No Snow Buntings could be found. We then visited another 14 walk-in areas. Only about 200 Horned Larks were found. Two areas also had a dozen or so Lapland Longspurs.
I again tried to obtain access to Vancil Reservoir (south of CR AA & CR 28); again without success in contacting the landowner.
We ended our birding day with a quick stop at Brush Wildlife Area where I again found several Red-bellied Woodpeckers and the Eastern Screech-Owl!
Note: We started our day up in Weld County. I was not going to report the 2 Snow Buntings near Pawnee National Grasslands; however the report did get out.
We found 2 Snow Buntings by hiking the gravel road that heads west from CR 37 at 1.0 miles north of the USDA Office. We then continued west to Cow Creek, turned south and found a Short-eared Owl about 1/4-1/2 mile south along the creek.
On the way to Jackson Reservoir we found another Snow Bunting flyover at CR 122 and CR 45. Several flocks of Lapland Longspurs were seen along Weld County Road 105 and another along Morgan CR 4.
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