Yesterday, August 9th, while walking through the tundra in Rocky Mountain National Park at 11,500 feet elevation, I came upon a pair of Loggerhead Shrikes. This was in a little patch of Krummholz near the "end" of the faint trail heading northeast from Medicine Bow Curve. Presumably, they both wandered up there together post-breeding.
Previously the highest Loggerheads I'd seen were in North Park, around 8,200'. Andrews and Righter (1992) show this species stopping at 9,000' as I imagine they usually do. Most of my time yesterday was spent on the Ute trail and the bird life was as expected. Also of note were an awful lot of Mountain Bluebirds hawking insects, plus 50 lazing elk and one trusting yellow-bellied marmot. Greg Levandoski Fort Collins, CO --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
