November 3, 2011
Richard Stevens:
Today, British birder John Westin and I explored the snowy mountains west of Denver.
We were able to find 3 species of Rosy Finches in Summit County. Recent snowstorms appeared to have "pushed" them down in search of food to lower elevations.
Two Barrow's Goldeneyes were at the Blue River Water Treatment Plant (Summit). These numbers should increase any day now (additional snowstorms forecasted for Saturday).
Fortune was with us! It only took 20 minutes to find a White-tailed Ptarmigan in all its grandeur. The white plumage in winter is magnificent The bird was below the eastern side of the Loveland Pass Summit (Clear Creek)!
An hour search (more or less) at Georgetown did not produce the Rufous collared Sparrow. It was not expected (last reported 9/7/2011).
We had time on our hands and drove east and south to Pine Valley Ranch Park (Jefferson). American Three-toed Woodpeckers were not as cooperative as the Ptarmigan. None was found today. Neither were Northern Pygmy-Owls, they did not appear during our visit nor respond to recordings near dusk.
Richard Stevens:
Today, British birder John Westin and I explored the snowy mountains west of Denver.
We were able to find 3 species of Rosy Finches in Summit County. Recent snowstorms appeared to have "pushed" them down in search of food to lower elevations.
Two Barrow's Goldeneyes were at the Blue River Water Treatment Plant (Summit). These numbers should increase any day now (additional snowstorms forecasted for Saturday).
Fortune was with us! It only took 20 minutes to find a White-tailed Ptarmigan in all its grandeur. The white plumage in winter is magnificent The bird was below the eastern side of the Loveland Pass Summit (Clear Creek)!
An hour search (more or less) at Georgetown did not produce the Rufous collared Sparrow. It was not expected (last reported 9/7/2011).
We had time on our hands and drove east and south to Pine Valley Ranch Park (Jefferson). American Three-toed Woodpeckers were not as cooperative as the Ptarmigan. None was found today. Neither were Northern Pygmy-Owls, they did not appear during our visit nor respond to recordings near dusk.
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