A grouse at a campground at the Black Canyon of the Gunnison is undoubtedly a Dusky Grouse. I ran into this same problem on my first trip to Gunnison when I stopped at the tourist information center in town to ask about Gunnison Sage-Grouse. The woman on duty had no idea what that was (?!?!), but she saw some chicken-like birds crossing the road on her drive to work every morning. I followed her advice and drove all the way up to the spruce-fir zone. Hmm, I thought, this is not quite right. The next morning I had three Dusky Grouse crossing the road, just as she described. A life bird, but not the target of my desires. The best way to find Gunnison Sage-Grouse away from leks is to drive dirt roads through the appropriate sage brush habitat at dawn. They often gather near water sources. The road going south out of town past the airport is a good place to start. Christian Nunes Boulder, CO
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 07:03:26 -0700 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [cobirds] Re: RFI- SW Colorado I can give you tips on a few birds. The Gunnison Sage-Grouse should be relatively easy. They are lekking right now at the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, but you have to get out of your car to find them. The rangers will be more than happy to tell you where they've been seen lately (they always tell me, "look in the campground.") I also saw a Northern Goshawk there a couple of months ago. I saw Lewis's Woodpeckers last week north of Rt. 62, which runs between Ridgway and Placerville. There are Black-chinned Sparrows breeding at the Colorado National Monument (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wsbn/message/6903). Good luck, and let me know if you need anyone to show you around! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/cobirds/-/XIz_pDXdEWsJ. 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. -- 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.
