Saturday, February 6, 2010

Pawnee National Grasslands

February 5, 2010

Richard Stevens:

Ray Berman and I drove up to the Pawnee National Grasslands (Weld County) hopefully to find a Swift Fox. Last spring I found 4 Swift Fox dens. A Swift Fox was found sunning himself at our second stop (along Weld County Road 96).

We had to drive north of Crow Valley Campgrounds to Weld County Road 122, then west to the 122 ponds before running into a couple of Lapland Longspurs. They were with a flock of 150+ Horned Larks.

Our birding day ended at Weld County Road 48 (south side of Lower Latham Reservoir) where 2 Short-eared Owls came out to hunt just after sunset.

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