January 18, 2015
Richard Stevens:
It was another fantastic 60 degree winter day in Colorado. Winds were mild on the plains, rather wicked in the mountains.
I rose early and met three out of state birders for a trip to Guanella Pass (Clear Creek County). A strenuous 5.2 mile hike provided sightings of six White-tailed Ptarmigan. We drove up from the Grant side and on the trip back to our car, found an American Three-toed Woodpecker in the firs near the pipe gate.
On the way back to Denver, we detoured first to Pine Valley Ranch Park (Jefferson). We hiked up to the rocky hillside half a mile south of the intersection of the Parkview and Strawberry Jack trails. The area is sometimes good for a Northern Pygmy-Owl, however not tonight. A female American Three-toed Woodpecker was encountered on the trip up (below the Parkview/Strawberry Jack intersection).
No owls were heard at around the parking area (sometimes they linger there) and we drove to Reynolds Park (Jefferson). Our luck changed there. A Northern Pygmy-Owl was heard along the Songbird Trail!
Richard Stevens:
It was another fantastic 60 degree winter day in Colorado. Winds were mild on the plains, rather wicked in the mountains.
I rose early and met three out of state birders for a trip to Guanella Pass (Clear Creek County). A strenuous 5.2 mile hike provided sightings of six White-tailed Ptarmigan. We drove up from the Grant side and on the trip back to our car, found an American Three-toed Woodpecker in the firs near the pipe gate.
On the way back to Denver, we detoured first to Pine Valley Ranch Park (Jefferson). We hiked up to the rocky hillside half a mile south of the intersection of the Parkview and Strawberry Jack trails. The area is sometimes good for a Northern Pygmy-Owl, however not tonight. A female American Three-toed Woodpecker was encountered on the trip up (below the Parkview/Strawberry Jack intersection).
No owls were heard at around the parking area (sometimes they linger there) and we drove to Reynolds Park (Jefferson). Our luck changed there. A Northern Pygmy-Owl was heard along the Songbird Trail!
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