January 20, 2010
Richard Stevens:
We had planned on going to Summit County for Rosy Finches and then Clear Creek County for White-tailed Ptarmigan. Predicted snowstorms caused a change in plans. Instead, we drove up Highway 285 to visit Reynolds Park and Pine Valley Ranch Park.
No Northern Pygmy-Owls were found in a 2 hour search. The area around the main parking area was checked. We then walked along South Foxton Road, again missing Northern Pygmy-Owls.
The Oxen Draw trail looked to icy and snow covered to hike the 0.9 miles up to the Eagle View and Raven's Roost trails (best location for Three-toed Woodpeckers), instead we drove over to Pine Valley Ranch Park.
Along the way, we stopped several times and finally found an American Dipper along the South Platte River Road.
At Pine Valley Ranch Park, we hiked the loop: Pine Lake to Buck Gulch to Strawberry Jack to Parkview trails. An American Three-toed Woodpecker was below (north) of the Strawberry Jack trail at about 200 yards west of the Parkview Trail.
Again, I was able to get a Northern Pygmy-Owl to answer my recordings (east of the Parkview trail switchbacks). Again, we were not able to see it.
Once back off the mountain we walked the Pine Loop (missed pygmy owl around Buck Gulch, found by M. Brown on Monday) and then crossed over to the Narrow Railroad Trail. No Northern Pygmy-Owls were found along the Narrow Railroad trail either.
We passed by Reynolds Park and again could not locate any Northern Pygmy-Owls.
Richard Stevens:
We had planned on going to Summit County for Rosy Finches and then Clear Creek County for White-tailed Ptarmigan. Predicted snowstorms caused a change in plans. Instead, we drove up Highway 285 to visit Reynolds Park and Pine Valley Ranch Park.
No Northern Pygmy-Owls were found in a 2 hour search. The area around the main parking area was checked. We then walked along South Foxton Road, again missing Northern Pygmy-Owls.
The Oxen Draw trail looked to icy and snow covered to hike the 0.9 miles up to the Eagle View and Raven's Roost trails (best location for Three-toed Woodpeckers), instead we drove over to Pine Valley Ranch Park.
Along the way, we stopped several times and finally found an American Dipper along the South Platte River Road.
At Pine Valley Ranch Park, we hiked the loop: Pine Lake to Buck Gulch to Strawberry Jack to Parkview trails. An American Three-toed Woodpecker was below (north) of the Strawberry Jack trail at about 200 yards west of the Parkview Trail.
Again, I was able to get a Northern Pygmy-Owl to answer my recordings (east of the Parkview trail switchbacks). Again, we were not able to see it.
Once back off the mountain we walked the Pine Loop (missed pygmy owl around Buck Gulch, found by M. Brown on Monday) and then crossed over to the Narrow Railroad Trail. No Northern Pygmy-Owls were found along the Narrow Railroad trail either.
We passed by Reynolds Park and again could not locate any Northern Pygmy-Owls.
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