Hello everyone, I found 2 SPRAGUE'S PIPITS in Boulder County today. Both were in very separate places. Both were in inaccessible areas to birders. They were found inside current Burrowing Owl Closures. Both areas currently have Burrowing Owls present, so birders are S.O.L. if they want to go look for Pipits where I found them. This includes the area where a Sprague's was found last year. DO NOT TRESPASS IN OWL CLOSURES. I will have your hide if you do. We were lucky last year that the owls did not breed at that site, but even luckier now that they are back and have fledged 5 young there this year. It may be possible to detect one along the Coalton Trail. I had one flying around that would have been easily detectible from the trail. Walking the Coalton Trail or High Plains Trail in the early AM would be the best bet. The trick to finding them includes: 1) Being familiar with the flight call, a very pipit-like "squeet-squeet". 2) The presence of high-quality native grasslands. 3) The presence of a hill or ridge. There are some hills out there that are accessible to birders, with the proper documents. If you want to go explore in the Southern Grasslands Habitat Conservation Area (HCA), but outside the inaccessible BUOW closures, then one needs an Off-Trail HCA Permit. These are obtainable from the OSMP web site. Fill this out, print it, and bring it with you: http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5850&Itemid=411 Familiarize yourself with the BUOW closures and be sure not to trespass: http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1158&Itemid=413#owls I prefer to take the stance that sharing information like this is a good thing. If a single person violates these closures, I will refrain from sharing important information like this in the future. Ethics come before ticks. Thanks, Christian Nunes Boulder, CO [email protected] http://www.flickr.com/photos/christian_nunes/
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