Sunday, April 7, 2013

Continued Grouse Trip, Mesa, Delta and Montrose Counties

Rebecca Kosten: telephone message transcribed.

April 5, 2013

The grouse trip continued with a morning drive through the Colorado National Monument in Mesa County.

Dozens of Gambel's Quail were around the subdivision of homes outside of the eastern entrance.

Several Juniper Titmice were around the Visitor's Center.  Pinyon Jays flew below in the canyons while White-throated Swifts flew overhead.

A drive through Escalante Canyon did not find Chukar.  They did find three pairs of Black Phoebes.

They kept their eyes open in vain for the Common Black Hawk reported 20 miles east over Hotchkiss.

Their birding day ended at Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park in Montrose County.  Three Black Rosy Finches perched on the rocks below the Visitor's Center.

A Dusky Grouse displayed along the South Rim Drive (between the Visitor's Center and entrance.

One birder thought he heard a Northern Pygmy-Owl.  It was not sighted.






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