December 17, 2018
Richard Stevens:
Weather was nice and most of us were staying in Silverthorne. We decided to conduct the fourteenth Georgetown Christmas Count (Clear Creek County) today.
Terry Michaels and I volunteered for the Guanella Pass section. It involved another strenuous snowshoe trip.
We would find eleven White-tailed Ptarmigan along the Rosalie Trail after the long climb to Guanella Pass.
Other birds found included two American Three-toed Woodpeckers, six Pine Grosbeaks, two dozen Pine Siskins, White-throated Sparrows and a Prairie Falcon.
We lingered after sunset in 20-degree temperatures to do some owling. Unfortunately, none was found this night.
We collapsed when returning to our motel rooms back in Silverthorne.
I will let others report full details of the two Christmas Counts.
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