A couple of years ago, I managed to photograph this one at about 13,500 ft. on
the tundra on Mt. Evans, easily 2000 ft. above timberline:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwolf/5334104977/
I was as surprised as you to encounter a chickadee up there. It was a day of
strong winds and I figured the out-of-place bird was probably a migrant that
had been knocked down by the conditions or was merely waiting on the ground
among the rocks until the weather improved.
-- Ron Wolf
Palo Alto CA
On Sep 10, 2012, at 6:55 AM, Eric DeFonso <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Saturday, I saw and heard a Mountain Chickadee while at the highest point
> in the tundra field at Rock Cut along Trail Ridge road in RMNP. The elevation
> there is about 12,300 feet. I was pretty surprised, and I was wondering if
> anyone who has "Bob&Bob" handy can tell me what they say if anything about
> the highest elevation recorded for this species in Colorado.
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