Sunday, August 1, 2010

More Summit County Owling

July 29, 2010

Richard Stevens:

Bryan and I drove up to Hooser Pass (Summit/Park Counties) to search for White-tailed Ptarmigan. No ptarmigan were found but 2 Brown-capped Rosy Finch flew over on several occasions.

We then drove up Boreas Pass (Summit/Park Counties) to do some owling. While watching a Dusky Grouse near the old water tank, Bryan saw 4 Brown-capped Rosy Finches fly over. At the tunnel of Aspens, we stopped and found a Red-naped Sapsucker and Williamson's Sapsucker (both males).

Owls heard tonight included a Boreal Owl, Flammulated Owl and 2 Northern Pygmy-Owls. Where are the Northern Saw-whet Owls? We have not been able to locate any in Summit County.

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