Good work, Dan! Sounds like a fabulous trip. Lots of people will be
happy to know that it is possible to get near the top of Guanella from
the south.
Larry Modesitt
Chair, Board of Directors
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
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From: Daniel Maynard <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Mon, Feb 1, 2010 12:24 am
Subject: [cobirds] Ptarmigan, Guanella Pass
COBirders,
A hike to Guanella Pass (Clear Creek Co.) with my family today turned
up at least 3 White-tailed Ptarmigan. After spotting a series of tracks
in the willows about a half mile from the pass summit, I scanned until
finding 3 large, fluffy snowballs with black eyes. Although Guanella
Pass is closed from Georgetown, you can drive to within a mile or so of
the summit from the south and hike in on the road. We also found a
Three-toed Woodpecker near the road closure, its distinctive drumming
audible at a good distance. Perhaps our best find was a young bull
moose, looking decidedly out of place on a steep slope of mixed
conifer. Finally, we zipped down to Fairplay in the setting sun and
relocated the Snow Bunting in Park County who was happily pecking at
the gravel in the middle of CR 24.
Good birding,
--
Daniel Maynard
Manitou Springs, CO
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