My apologies folks...the GUNNISON SAGE GROUSE were on S CR 38, not S US 38 Morgan Churchill Laramie, WY
On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Morgan Churchill <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > -- 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.
