Cobirds:
A long summer of slogging up 14ers. Here's the most
recent:
Mt Antero, Sat Sept. 10th: White throated swift (1) at the summit.
Very cold conditions with snow. Also: white tailed ptarmigan, brown
capped rosy finches, common ravens. And lower down: gray jays,
clark's nutcrackers, stellars jays, and pine grosbeaks. Pikas
numerous.
Mt. Lindsey: Sat. Sept. 3rd: Lower down: at least 12 pine grosbeaks,
gray jays, clark's nutcrackers, stellars jays, snowshoe hares, black
bear, mule deer, chipmunk ssp., golden mantle ground squirrels
(dozens); red-napped sapsuckers (3) - down low on the road in; rock
wren, house wren, green-tailed towhee, spotted towhee, mountain
bluebirds. Higher up: a mixed flock of 30 warblers - about 6
townsend's warblers, 5 yellow-rumped warblers, and 4 wilson's
warblers; virginia's warbler (down lower). Lots of brown-capped rosy
finches at high elevations, along with American pipits (a few). And
white crowned sparrows. Pikas numerous.
Pike's Peak, August 27th: in the forests down low: stellar's jay,
clark's nutcrackers, gray jays, red breasted nuthatches. Above
treeline: common ravens (including 14,000'), American robin, mule
deer, pikas, marmots, and white crowned sparrows.
Mount Sneffels August 20th: Above treeline: lots of brown-capped
rosy finches, American pipits, falcon ssp (either peregrine or
prairie), and common ravens at the summit. Pikas and marmots
present.
Mount Princeton August 6th: Above treeline: Common ravens, American
pipits, American robin, dusky grouse (sorry Mr. Vanderpool - forgot to
report this!), brown-capped rosy finches, white crowed sparrows,
pikas, and marmots.
Ptarmigan unusually scant this year. - John T
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