I haven't seen any Gunnison Sage-Grouse at Black Canyon myself, because I haven't spent enough time hiking there. My husband hikes there frequently, and he has seen many of them. Last time he was there, he saw them displaying. I can't tell you what trail he was on.
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Christian Nunes <[email protected]>wrote: > 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. > -- *Amber Carver* [email protected] (310)483-5721 -- 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.
