This trip is January 31 (next Tuesday).
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From: R Taylor vortici...@gmail.com
To: char...@nestlingtours.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 10:22 PM
Subject: Re: [cobirds] DFO Field Trip: All Welcome: Great Birding in Canon City
Charles
I don't see a date in your email
Rick Taylor
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Charles Thornton-Kolbe
char...@nestlingtours.com wrote:
All birder are welcome on my annual DFO field trip to Canon City.
Our Denver area based group always pick up some nice birding friends in
Colorado Springs, and sometimes others pop in from Canon City or Pueblo. All
birders are welcome. No need to RSVP (unless you RSVP by email to
char...@pibird.com). Though you need not RSVP, you must be at one of these
three spots to join the group.
Meet Ups in Denver
Area and Colorado Springs and Canon City:
* Denver Area: Meet ten minutes before 6 AM at the Park 'n Ride off of
I-25 at Yale Ave. (from I-25 from the north and heading south take the Yale
Exit and turn right at Yale, then an immediate right turn into the parking
lot). We will form carpools at the Park N Ride in the parking lot area
farthest from Yale Avenue at 5:50 AM. Please get there by 5:50 AM. We will
leave at 6 AM sharp.
* Colorado Springs: We usually meet our Colorado Springs friends at
the Safeway at 6520 South Academy Boulevard. You should be there at 7 AM if
you want to join us. We may not get there until 7:10 AM, depending upon
traffic. We will stop by, and we will be the ones with the binoculars coming
out of the van and taking a brief restroom stop there.
* Canon City: We will likely reach Canon City by about 8:30 AM, but we
always seem to be delayed by birding on the way. We will be birding from the
end of Tunnel drive between 8:30 AM and 9:30 AM. If you want to join us,
show up there between those times. We will be the people with the binoculars.
Full Trip Plan:
We will stop on the way to Canon City for a good spot for
Lewis’ Woodpecker and then continue on to Canon City. Our first stop is
usually Tunnel Drive
(perhaps Rufous-crowned Sparrow, but likely a few goodies here), then to River
Walk for the rest of the morning (we sometimes find a rarity here, but usually
others nice birds). After lunch, we head
to some Pinyon-Juniper habitat where we usually find Juniper Titmouse,
Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 1 or 2 species of Thrasher, and 2 or 3 species of
Bluebird. We finish off for a good spot
for Canon Towhee, Bewick’s Wren and Scaled Quail.
This is always a very fun and productive winter birding day,
and this is always one of my favorite DFO birding trips. In year’s past, we
have found some very cool
birds including Golden-crowned Sparrow (rare), Harris’ Sparrow (seldom), Pine
Warbler (once), White-throated Sparrow (once). This trip has never missed a
rarity (which
is never guaranteed), but we always have a productive and fun day.
Bring: Layers of
clothing and coats (including rain gear), binoculars, scope (if you have one),
lunch, snack, beverages. Bring breakfast
if you have not eaten before leaving. Also two way radio and cell phones can
be helpful to support car-to-car
communication. Bring about $15.00 to
25.00 for your gas share from Denver.
We have never cancelled due to weather. If we do cancel do to weather, I will
post this cancellation on co-birds.
Hope to see some of you next Tuesday for a fun day birding.
Best Wises and Good Birding Always: Charles Thornton-Kolbe
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