Sunday, June 17, 2018

Rocky Mountain National Park

June 12, 2018

Richard Stevens:

I waited/slept in my car at Medicine Bow Curve.  At first light, a walk down (north) Medicine Bow Curve trail added two White-tailed Ptarmigan to my trip list.  The Ptarmigan were 10 yards below (west) the trail near the obviously wet drainage.

A hike to the top of the Rockcut Trail added another White-tailed Ptarmigan to my day.  The purpose of the hike was to see if new trail signs had been erected.  The Rangers had commissioned by photos to the new metal trail signs, which were not up yet.

A stop at the Lava Cliffs pullover found two Brown-capped Rosy Finches circling overhead.

American Three-toed Woodpeckers were missed during a stop at the Meadow Trail, Grand County side of Trail Ridge Road.

The next few days were spent surveying Boreal Owl nesting boxes in the Colorado State Forest.

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