Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Search for a Snowy Owl, Morgan County

December 25, 2014

Richard Stevens:

Bryan & Sue Ehlmann, Rebecca and I drove to Morgan County going after a Snowy Owl report.  Joel and Terry Leyton reported seeing the bird twice on 12/24.  First sighting was near Weld County Roads 95 & 62; later they saw it again near CR 97 & 52.  Unfortunately, we could not find one today.

After an early lunch in Fort Morgan, we drove over to Brush Wildlife Area (Morgan).  We relocated the male Red-bellied Woodpecker and the resident Eastern Screech-Owl.

Long-eared Owls and an Eastern Screech-Owl were nice consolation sightings back at Jackson Reservoir (Morgan County).

Beware of deteriorating roads as a snowstorm hit the Front Range.

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