Saturday, August 3, 2013

San Juan County Birding Today

July 24-25, 2013

Richard Stevens:

July 24

A pair of Gray Jays, Pine Grosbeaks, four Red Crossbills and a Lincoln's Sparrow was at Red Mountain Pass (Ouray) as we headed toward Black Bear Pass.

A Black Swift was seen flying near Bullion King Lake (San Juan).  Our target bird, White-tailed Ptarmigan was missed.  In addition, we wanted to test our 4-wheel drive skills on this road.

The highlight of the day was two White-tailed Ptarmigan at Black Bear Pass.  They were in San Juan County!

The road at Black Bear Mine gets quite tricky.  Again, know your 4-wheel drive skills before attempting. 

We saw a couple of Black Swifts fly over Bridal Veil Falls (San Juan County) when we arrived there.

July 25

Today we rested in Montrose County.  A plan to go owling was crushed by another rain storm.  The wet weather is getting old.

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