November 27 to 30, 2014
Richard Stevens:
Bryan and I returned to northeastern Colorado. Temperatures remained cold, low 30s; winds were 10+ mph most of our trip.
November 27
We enjoyed the day at Tamarack Ranch Wildlife Area (Logan County). Highlights included:
Northern Cardinal, five Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Eastern Screech-Owl, Field Sparrow and Eastern Bluebirds.
November 28
Today Bryan and I visited Jumbo Reservoir. Highlights included: two Rusty Blackbirds below Logan County Road 93; Red-bellied Woodpecker, two Long-eared Owls (between Jumbo Reservoir and Red Lion Wildlife Area); an Eastern Screech-Owl.
A Greater White-fronted Goose was at Red Lion Wildlife Area. No Short-eared Owl showed up this evening.
November 29
Bryan Ehlmann, Roger Danka and I visited five private ranches in Sedgwick & Logan Counties today.
Highlights included: seven Long-eared Owls (over two locations), Harris's Sparrow, Fox Sparrow and two Eastern Screech-Owls (over two locations).
A Northern Cardinal and Red-bellied Woodpecker were in Ovid Woods (Sedgwick). A Purple Finch was found at a friend's feeder in Ovid.
A Greater Prairie-Chicken was seen around sunset in the Tamarack Ranch Wildlife Area southern section, west of Logan County Road 93 (north of CR 46).
November 30
Bryan, Roger and I birded mostly in the Julesburg area today (Sedgwick County).
Two Rusty Blackbirds were found walking along the S. Platte River at the Julesburg Wayside Rest Stop. It was not a bad sighting; we would have preferred an American Woodcock.
Farther west of the bridge at the Julesburg Wayside Rest Stop, we found a Winter Wren at Julesburg Wayside Rest Stop. We waited a good 20 minutes to obtain good looks and more important hear the Stub-tailed Wren. It was quick certainly a Winter Wren (Pacific Wren for Sedgwick County would have been a superb find).
At DePoorter Lake (Sedgwick) two Harris's Sparrows were in the willows along the South Platte River. Again no American Woodcocks.
At Pony Express Wildlife Area, we saw a male Red-bellied Woodpecker in the cottonwoods along the S. Platte River.
Sedgwick Bar Wildlife Area added only a few White-crowned Sparrows to our trip list.
Bryan and I returned to northeastern Colorado. Temperatures remained cold, low 30s; winds were 10+ mph most of our trip.
November 27
We enjoyed the day at Tamarack Ranch Wildlife Area (Logan County). Highlights included:
Northern Cardinal, five Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Eastern Screech-Owl, Field Sparrow and Eastern Bluebirds.
November 28
Today Bryan and I visited Jumbo Reservoir. Highlights included: two Rusty Blackbirds below Logan County Road 93; Red-bellied Woodpecker, two Long-eared Owls (between Jumbo Reservoir and Red Lion Wildlife Area); an Eastern Screech-Owl.
A Greater White-fronted Goose was at Red Lion Wildlife Area. No Short-eared Owl showed up this evening.
November 29
Bryan Ehlmann, Roger Danka and I visited five private ranches in Sedgwick & Logan Counties today.
Highlights included: seven Long-eared Owls (over two locations), Harris's Sparrow, Fox Sparrow and two Eastern Screech-Owls (over two locations).
A Northern Cardinal and Red-bellied Woodpecker were in Ovid Woods (Sedgwick). A Purple Finch was found at a friend's feeder in Ovid.
A Greater Prairie-Chicken was seen around sunset in the Tamarack Ranch Wildlife Area southern section, west of Logan County Road 93 (north of CR 46).
November 30
Bryan, Roger and I birded mostly in the Julesburg area today (Sedgwick County).
Two Rusty Blackbirds were found walking along the S. Platte River at the Julesburg Wayside Rest Stop. It was not a bad sighting; we would have preferred an American Woodcock.
Farther west of the bridge at the Julesburg Wayside Rest Stop, we found a Winter Wren at Julesburg Wayside Rest Stop. We waited a good 20 minutes to obtain good looks and more important hear the Stub-tailed Wren. It was quick certainly a Winter Wren (Pacific Wren for Sedgwick County would have been a superb find).
At DePoorter Lake (Sedgwick) two Harris's Sparrows were in the willows along the South Platte River. Again no American Woodcocks.
At Pony Express Wildlife Area, we saw a male Red-bellied Woodpecker in the cottonwoods along the S. Platte River.
Sedgwick Bar Wildlife Area added only a few White-crowned Sparrows to our trip list.
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