San Luis Valley area, September 14 to 16, 2018 Turkey Vulture- Montville Nature Trail area at Great Sand Dunes on 9-15 Red-tailed Hawk- Montville Nature Trail area at Great Sand Dunes on 9-15 Osprey- San Luis Lakes on 9-14 Dusky Grouse- 2 along trail to Zapata Lake on 9-14 Mourning Dove- Great Sand Dunes on 9-14 Great Horned Owl- PM calling at campground Great Sand Dunes on 9-14, calling along trail to Willow Lake on 9-16 Northern Pygmy-Owl- 2 calling before dawn along trail to Willow Lake on 9-16 Common Poorwill- along entrance road at dusk Great Sand Dunes on 9-14, several calling after sunset and one right on the trail along trail to Willow Lake on 9-16 Callliope Hummingbird- along trail to Zapata Lake on 9-14, Montville Nature Trail area at Great Snd Dunes on 9-15 Hairy Woodpecker- Montville Nature Trail area at Great Sand Dunes on 9-15 Northern Flicker- Montville Nature Trail area at Great Sand Dunes on 9-15 Northern Three-toed Woodpecker- along trail to Zapata Lake on 9-14, along trail to Willow Lake on 9-16 Plumbeous Vireo- along trail to Zapata Lake on 9-14, singing at Montville Nature Trail area at Great Sand Dunes on 9-15 Loggerhead Shrike- Montville Nature Trail area at Great Sand Dunes on 9-15 Steller’s Jay- Montville Nature Trail area at Great Sand Dunes on 9-15 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay- Montville Nature Trail area at Great Sand Dunes on 9-15 Pinyon Jay- Montville Nature Trail area at Great Sand Dunes on 9-15 Clark’s Nutcracker- Montville Nature Trail area at Great Sand Dunes on 9-15 Common Raven- Montville Nature Trail area at Great Sand Dunes on 9-15 Ruby-crowned Kinglet- singing along trail to Zapata Lake on 9-14 Golden-crowned Kinglet- singing along trail to Zapata Lake on 9-14 Bushtit- Campground area at Great Sand Dunes on 9-15, along trail to Willow Lake on 9-16 Mountain Chickadee- Along trail to Ellingwood Point along summit ridge at about 13,000 feet, Montville Nature Trail area at Great Sand Dunes on 9-15 Mountain Bluebird- Great Sund Dunes on 9-15 Hermit Thrush- along trail to Zapata Lake on 9-14 American Robin- Montville Nature Trail area at Great Sand Dunes on 9-15 Townsend’s Solitaire- singing along trail to Zapata Lake on 9-14, singing at Montville Nature Trail area at Great Sand Dunes on 9-15 House Wren- Montville Nature Trail area at Great Sand Dunes on 9-15 Canyon Wren- Mosca Pass Trail on 9-15 American Dipper- at Zapata Lake on 9-14, swimming in the lake and floating on top of the water, looked like a miniature gull White-breasted Nuthatch- Montville Nature Trail area at Great Sand Dunes on 9-15 Brown Creeper- singing along trail to Zapata Lake on 9-14, Montville Nature Trail area at Great Sand Dunes on 9-15 American Pipit- along trail to Zapata Lake on 9-14, along trail to Challenger Point on 9-16 Wilson’s Warbler- along trail to Zapata Lake on 9-14, Montville Nature Trail area at Great Sand Dunes on 9-15, along trail to Willow Lake on 9-16 Yellow-rumped Warbler- along trail to Zapata Lake on 9-14, Montville Nature Trail area at Great Sand Dunes on 9-15 Spotted Towhee- Montville Nature Trail area at Great Sand Dunes on 9-15 Green-tailed Towhee- along trail to Willow Lake on 9-16 Chipping Sparrow- along trail to Zapata Lake on 9-14, Montville Nature Trail area at Great Sand Dunes on 9-15 Lark Sparrow- along trail to Zapata Lake on 9-14 White-crowned Sparrow- Montville Nature Trail area at Great Sand Dunes on 9-15 Dark-eyed Junco- Montville Nature Trail area at Great Sand Dunes on 9-15 Pine Siskin- along trail to Zapata Lake on 9-14 Pine Grosbeak- along trail to Zapata Lake on 9-14 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch- along trail to Challenger Point on 9-16
Huge Bull elk near San Luis Lakes on 9-14 in early AM, in valley a few miles W of treeline Joe LaFleur Woodland Park, Teller Cty., 8500 feet -- 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/c065813f-c27e-4fac-b342-f62469973285%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
