April 23, 2015
Richard Stevens:
Our trip to search for White-tailed Ptarmigan on Loveland Pass (Clear Creek/Summit Counties) was a success. However, traffic due to construction was horrible. It took hours to go a dozen miles.
Eventually, four White-tailed Ptarmigan were spotted below the ragged rocks on the eastern side of the Summit. One or two Brown-capped Rosy Finches were observed flying overhead.
A stop at Genesee Mountain Park (Jefferson) on the way back to Denver added a pair of Williamson's Sapsuckers near the top of the park.
We detoured to Pine Valley Ranch Park (Jefferson) where a female American Three-toed Woodpecker was found below the Parkview and Strawberry Jack Trails. No Northern Pygmy-Owl could be found.
Our plan to search for Northern Pygmy-Owls and Northern Saw-whet Owls south of Bailey was canceled when it started to rain quite a bit.
On the way home, I stopped at Cherry Creek Reservoir (Arapahoe). Dozens of White-faced Ibis walked around the Cottonwood Creek Wetlands.
Later I found two Marbled Godwits, four Willets and a Greater Yellowlegs on the swim beach! Photos later! I did run into a Maine birder and pointed him to the shorebirds.
Sorry Jerry, I called on my radio, did not get an answer (Jerry Petrosky was at the park, birding a different area).
Richard Stevens:
Our trip to search for White-tailed Ptarmigan on Loveland Pass (Clear Creek/Summit Counties) was a success. However, traffic due to construction was horrible. It took hours to go a dozen miles.
Eventually, four White-tailed Ptarmigan were spotted below the ragged rocks on the eastern side of the Summit. One or two Brown-capped Rosy Finches were observed flying overhead.
A stop at Genesee Mountain Park (Jefferson) on the way back to Denver added a pair of Williamson's Sapsuckers near the top of the park.
We detoured to Pine Valley Ranch Park (Jefferson) where a female American Three-toed Woodpecker was found below the Parkview and Strawberry Jack Trails. No Northern Pygmy-Owl could be found.
Our plan to search for Northern Pygmy-Owls and Northern Saw-whet Owls south of Bailey was canceled when it started to rain quite a bit.
On the way home, I stopped at Cherry Creek Reservoir (Arapahoe). Dozens of White-faced Ibis walked around the Cottonwood Creek Wetlands.
Later I found two Marbled Godwits, four Willets and a Greater Yellowlegs on the swim beach! Photos later! I did run into a Maine birder and pointed him to the shorebirds.
Sorry Jerry, I called on my radio, did not get an answer (Jerry Petrosky was at the park, birding a different area).
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