Hello, This weekend was spent birding the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, along with a stop in Gunnison itself. I had 2 main bird targets, Gunnison Sage Grouse and Dusky Grouse, and am happy to report I was successful in my search. First off, thanks to Jason Beason, Joe Roller, and WR Shade for answering my RFI. Your advice on places to try for Dusky Grouse was most appreciated. I actually got lucky on my first try (East Portal road), and didn't intentionally target this species afterwards, although I still managed another pair on my last evening in the park.
Here were the highlights of the weekend: DUSKY GROUSE: 3 along East Portal Road on 6:00 pm on August 12th, and 2 on the Warner Point trail at 7:00 pm on the 13th TOWNSEND'S WARBLER: 2 on the oak flats trail, on the 13th. Earlier than expected migrants? Overall, The Oak Flat trails had the greatest diversity, while the South Rim trail was pretty dead. On the morning of the 14th I hit up S US 38 looking for Gunnison Sage Grouse. I was fairly sucessful, locating two different groups. I had brief glimpses of 3? birds on the edge of the road about 2 miles after the start of the gravel. On my drive back, I had much better and prolonged views in the driveway! of a house about a block or less from the end of the pavement. Good Birding! -- Morgan Churchill Laramie, Wyoming -- 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.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
