A flammulated owl while was seen at Mueller State Park on Wednesday, August 1 while hiking with with a d Mueller State Park group hike on the Lost Pond trail. The forest was a mix of Douglas fir, Ponderosa pine, and aspen. The owl was seen in an excavated hole in an aspen tree. The bark was excavated around the hole and had a little reddish band around it..
While pointing out the hole to the people on the hike an owl peered out from the hole. It had popped up its head! We looked at it with our binoculars, and it we were able to postively identified it as a flammulated owl (Dark eyes, grey beak, and white feathers above the beak). Here is where we found it: Lost Pond trail, about 1/4 mile beyond Lost Pond heading toward Geer Pond. On the left side of the trail, as you are heading toward Geer Pond. Grove of aspen trees, not very far off the trail. The hole is about 20 feet up. It was Wednesday, August 1, around 9:40 A.M. We did not have a camera with us, so we did not get a photograph. Richard Tucey -- 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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
