I birded Gilpin County today in hopes of finding a Townsend's Warbler up there. I wish all my hopes would work out so well as I had a total of 15 Townsend's, all very close to the NE corner of the county. All-in-all it was a six warbler day-not bad for this tiny mountain county. Meredith McBurney's note on 8 Townsend's banded at Barr Lake means that they were all over the place today.
At one point I made my way up to the tundra on FR 353 which runs west towards James Peak off the Apex-Toll road. The road was manageable in my Ford Escape and holds interesting possibilities for tundra species like Brown-capped Rosy Finch and Ptarmigan, but not today. However, it was jam packed with Clark's Nutcrackers, ATVs, dirt bikes and target shooters. Oh, well-but the Limber Pine cone crop looks outstanding if someone wants to venture that way before the snows for crossbills. Bill Kaempfer Boulder -- 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.
