To avoid confusion, I mistakenly wrote northwest Park in the subject line, but I mean to write northeast Park. Don't want anyone searching on the wrong end of the map... --David
On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 7:13 PM, David Suddjian <[email protected]> wrote: > Yesterday morning (July 7) I explored in the northwest corner of Park > County along County Road (CR) 64 and CR 68 in the Bailey region (plus some > spur roads), and into Jefferson Co. along CR 68 to Wellington Lake and > along some Pike NF roads for a bit near there. > > > Probably the best find was a female Blue Grosbeak in Park Co along CR 68 > at Craig Creek. She was on a wire along the road amid a flurry of busy > Brewer’s Blackbirds and I almost overlooked her. I had some nice looks > while she perched on the wire, then she flew off upstream and went down > into the extensive willows that are in the area. > > > A female Wild Turkey with 5 large young was along CR 64, while a female > Dusky Grouse with 4 mid-size young was along CR 68 (Jeffco). A small Great > Blue Heron rookery was along the North Fork of the South Platte immediately > downstream of Bailey, with at least 3 nests with large young and five other > nests that appeared empty. A Northern Goshawk flew along CR 68 in Jeffco. > Singleton Band-tailed Pigeons were at CR 64 in Park (calling) and CR 68 in > Jeffco. Windy Peak Outdoor School in Jeffco along CR 68 had scads of > hummers coming to some feeders, including abundant Broad-taileds, several > Rufous, 1 Calliope and 1 Black-chinned. A Lewis’s Woodpecker was in a > burned area along Pike NF Road 553. Red Crossbills were encountered in many > spots in Ponderosa pines (most identified as Type 2, several others I > didn’t hear or not well enough). 3 Evening Grosbeaks were in Park along CR > 68, and 1 more was on the Jeffco side of the line. > > > Wellington Lake had 21 Ruddy Ducks, 1 Osprey, along with some Mallards and > Canada Geese and a Common Merg. > > > Driving down Pleasant Park Run and High Grade Road toward Ken Caryl from > Conifer I had 3 singing Ovenbirds along Pleasant Park Run (at spots I had > not checked earlier this year), and 3 were singing along High Grade (2 > perhaps repeats previously noted, but one in a new spot). The Pleasant Park > Run were with Aspen, while the High Grade birds were in oak dominated areas > with nice understory. > > > David Suddjian > > Littleton > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGj6RornaxjSKrHSTyn%2B-%3DhAc30wARgs5ikEG0K5fqRXrnZttw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
