Hi all I got to experience Pawnee National Grassland in its true splendor on roads less traveled. I did Pawnee National Grassland-area Burrowing Owl counts a few times before (for myself) and did one over this past weekend (2 days). I visited about 30+ different "known" prairie dog locations. I think I will do these annually and open up as a field trip if others wish to participate in the fun. I'm building a map of Burrowing Owl locations to track "active" Burrowing Owl activity, post in few days.
This upcoming weekend I'll be out there again exploring the roads I did not get a chance to travel in both eastern and western Pawnee National Grassland sections. - Burrowing Owl - 116 seen in total Along the way ... - Chestnut-collared Longspur - ~12 (immatures, too) along Weld CR 45 just north of Weld CR 114 seen and heard. 3 heard at Weld CR 100 (1m west of) and Hwy 390 prairie dog colony. 2 seen along Weld CR 49 - Fewer McCown's Longspurs seen--immatures, too - Tons of Grasshopper and Cassin's Sparrows heard and seen--one stretch I had 12 Grasshopper Sparrow sitting on (same) single fence line for photos - Nice-sized playa at Weld 141 and Hwy 14 NW had Willet (1), American Avocet (5) and Northern Pintail (2) - Didn't see any Mountain Plover Over at Crom Lake had a Northern Bobwhite calling (from somewhere). Photos (first 47): http://coloradobirder.club/m/photos/browse/album/Pawnee-NG-06-25-2017/ Thanks, Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.club/ -- 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/1ddd5dbe-6df5-42eb-94b3-52c399b1c5d6%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
