Monday, December 13, 2010

Clear Creek and Summit Counties

December 12, 2010

Richard Stevens:

Mandy Schiff and I went into the foothills to search for mountain species today. The challenge was that Mandy cannot walk. We found Rosy Finches, Pine Grosbeaks, Evening Grosbeaks, Clark's Nutcrackers, Gray Jay, 3 species of nuthatches, Mountain Chickadees, Hairy Woodpeckers, Downy Woodpeckers and Pine Siskins in the Dillon/Breckenridge Area (Summit County).

Twelve Barrow's Goldeneyes continue at the Blue River Water Treatment Plant (Summit).

We stopped and drove around Loveland Pass (Clear Creek) three times during the day. First light, mid-afternoon and sunset. The third stop was the charm. Two White-tailed Ptarmigan flew down from the western hillside to just before the hill west of highway 6!

An attempt to find Northern Pygmy-Owls up highway 119 to Rollinsville (Gilpin County) was not successful. We did enjoy our long day of birding!

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