Cobirds: A long summer of slogging up 14ers. Here's the most recent:
Mt Antero, Sat Sept. 10th: White throated swift (1) at the summit. Very cold conditions with snow. Also: white tailed ptarmigan, brown capped rosy finches, common ravens. And lower down: gray jays, clark's nutcrackers, stellars jays, and pine grosbeaks. Pikas numerous. Mt. Lindsey: Sat. Sept. 3rd: Lower down: at least 12 pine grosbeaks, gray jays, clark's nutcrackers, stellars jays, snowshoe hares, black bear, mule deer, chipmunk ssp., golden mantle ground squirrels (dozens); red-napped sapsuckers (3) - down low on the road in; rock wren, house wren, green-tailed towhee, spotted towhee, mountain bluebirds. Higher up: a mixed flock of 30 warblers - about 6 townsend's warblers, 5 yellow-rumped warblers, and 4 wilson's warblers; virginia's warbler (down lower). Lots of brown-capped rosy finches at high elevations, along with American pipits (a few). And white crowned sparrows. Pikas numerous. Pike's Peak, August 27th: in the forests down low: stellar's jay, clark's nutcrackers, gray jays, red breasted nuthatches. Above treeline: common ravens (including 14,000'), American robin, mule deer, pikas, marmots, and white crowned sparrows. Mount Sneffels August 20th: Above treeline: lots of brown-capped rosy finches, American pipits, falcon ssp (either peregrine or prairie), and common ravens at the summit. Pikas and marmots present. Mount Princeton August 6th: Above treeline: Common ravens, American pipits, American robin, dusky grouse (sorry Mr. Vanderpool - forgot to report this!), brown-capped rosy finches, white crowed sparrows, pikas, and marmots. Ptarmigan unusually scant this year. - John T -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.