August 23, 2019
Richard Stevens:
High temperature today was a warm 91 degrees. Hot winds of 12-13 mph with gusts to 28 mph did not help.
Rebecca and I drove eastern Arapahoe County roads on our way to the West Bijou Conservation area (southeast of Byers). Unfortunately, we could not determine access once we arrived. Karen Metz reported seven Red-headed Woodpeckers on the property 8/18; we were unable to contact her about access.
We scoped the property from County Line Road and found one Red-headed Woodpecker. Regrettably, it was quite far from the road.
Later we scoped the northern end of the property and West Bijou Creek from Arapahoe CR 30. Again, another Red-headed Woodpecker was found clinging to the trunk of a large cottonwood off in the distance. Cassin's Sparrow(s) were found here in June 2018; none was observed today.
Our trek concentrated on the gravel roads northeast of Deer Trail. We did find a flock of twenty McCown's Longspurs that had two Chestnut-collared Longspurs among it.
We continued briefly into Washington County and checked Last Chance Rest Stop. Nothing uncommon was found here.
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