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Interesting Bird Sightings
1900 hours MDT 7/4
Birds are listed in chronological order by Area of Colorado and Birding Location.
Birds left on list long past last report; we believe may still be there!
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Grouse and Prairie-Chicken Updates; Updated January 20, 2009
Xcel Energy Valmont Power Plant Owl Cam (Great Horned & Barn Owl)
Fort St. Vrain Eagle Cam
Rowe Sanctuary Sandhill Crane Cam, NE
Computer Sci building at Cal State Bakersfield (Great Horned Owl)
NCAR Owl Cam
Douglas County
- Castlewood Canyon State Park
- Black Vulture (Walbek) (first 7/3) last 7/4
- (Flying above old Homestead at northwest entrance)
- Bobolink (Stevens/Danka) (first 5/18) last 6/29
- (200 yds/south/Winkler Ranch entrance; around Bluebird Box #20)
- Cheesman Reservoir
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (5) (Ehlmann/Stevens) (first 6/22) last 6/29
- (Cheesman Canyon Trail; Hwy 126 to Reservoir)
Adams County
- DIA Owl Loop
- Burrowing Owl
- (6; West/96th Avenue at 3.4 miles East of Tower Road (Stevens/Tumasonis) (first 3/24) last 7/4
- (8+; Picadilly Road/halfway between 128th & 120th Avenues (Stevens/Tumasonis) (first 5/22) last 7/4
- (2; South/Picadilly Road & 112th Avenue (Stevens/Tumasonis) (first 5/22) last 7/4
- (2; Tower Road at 0.2 miles north of 56th Avenue (Stevens) (first 3/24) last 6/4
- (9; Buckley Road, east of Rocky Mountain Arsenal (walk in only) (Ehlmann/Kosten) (first 4/29) last 5/30
- Tree Nursery at Picadilly Road and 152nd Avenue (Bromley Lane)
- Great-tailed Grackle --south end/both sides of road (Stevens) last 6/4
Weld County
- Lower Latham Reservoir Area
- Glossy Ibis --CR 48 (Wild) first 7/4
- American Bittern (2) (Keirn) last 6/22
- Great-tailed Grackle (12+) (B. Spencer) last 5/29
- County Roads
- Burrowing Owl
- (1) --NE corner; Hwy 14 & CR 51 (Nagy/Feeney) (first 4/23) 6; last 6/30
- (5) --CR 33/0.5 miles/South/CR 100 (Lefko) (first 4/7) 9; last 6/22
- (2) --CR 90 & CR 51 (Stevens) (first 4/23) last 6/19
- (6+) --CR 46/between CR 45 & CR 47 (Klaver) last 5/24
- (1) --SE corner; Hwy14 & CR 51 (Stevens) last 5/17
- County Roads
- Cassin's Sparrow
- --along CR 96 between CR 69 & CR 77 (Mark Miller/Feeney) (first 6/20) last 6/30
- --south CR 100/west/CR 57 (Leatherman) first 6/1
- --CR 37/north/CR 106 (Leatherman) first 6/1
- County Roads
- Mountain Plover
- (2) --field/north/CR 94 & CR 61 (Bucci/Stevens) (first 4/23) last 6/19
- (3) --field/south CR 96 & 1.7 miles/west/CR 77 (Stevens) (first 4/23) last 6/19
- (4) --Hwy 14 & CR 51 to Dyer's driveway to east (Weston/Stevens) (first 4/5) last 5/14
- (1) --CR 90 & CR 51 (Stevens) last 5/14
- County Roads
- Chestnut-collared Longspur
- (2+) --Hwy 85 & CR 114 (Stevens/Modise) (first 4/10) last 6/20
- (5) --CR 96, between CR 77 & CR 69 (Leatherman/Danka) (first 4/10) last 6/19
- Crow Valley Campground
- Eastern Screech-Owl (Mazzola/Lefko) (first 4/16) last 5/30
Denver County
- Marston Reservoir
- Common Loon (2) (T. Jones/Teuton) first (first 6/3) last 7/3
Boulder County
- White Rocks Trailhead
- Little Blue Heron (Zilly/Mihm-Dunning) (first 7/1) last 7/3
- (West end of pond along White Rocks Trail, just south of Boulder Creek)
- Least Flycatcher --eastern side of large pond (Floyd/Szeliga) (first 6/28) last 7/2
- Willow Flycatcher --s.a.b. (Floyd/Szeliga) (first 6/28) last 6/30
- Barn Owl (Floyd) first 6/28
- Gregory Canyon
- Kentucky Warbler (male) (Andes/Teuton) (first 6/5) last 7/3
- Hooded Warbler (male) (Kaplan/Marshall) first (first 5/18) last 6/29
- Scarlet Tanager (male) --see directions (Mihm-Dunning/Tumasonis) (first 5/27) last 7/3
- Eldorado Mountain Open Space
- Ovenbird --same location as Hooded Warbler (Nunes/Teuton) (first 6/22) last 7/3
- Hooded Warbler --intersection main trail & Fowler Trail (Nunes/Teuton) (first 6/22) last 7/3
- Possible Baltimore Oriole (2) (Mazzola) first 6/28
- Cherryvale Open Space
- Bobolink (Nunes/Tumasonis) (first 6/10) last 7/3
- Brainard Lake
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (Floyd) first 7/3
- (around monument for Chief Little Raven, south of lake)
- Open Space South of Lefthand Canyon Reservoir
- Cassin's Sparrow (2) --see directions (Kaempfer/Szeliga) (first 7/1) last 7/2
- Boulder Bobolink Meadow
- Bobolink (5) (Kaempfer/Zeeto) (first 5/10) 3m, 1f; last 6/12
- Walden Ponds & Sawhill Ponds
- Green Heron (2) (Zmolek/Stevens) (first 4/28) last 6/10
- (Sawhill Pond west of Duck Lake)
- American Bittern --NE corner/Sawhill Ponds (Tumasonis/Takamine) first (first 5/1) last 6/7
Jefferson County
- Bear Creek Lake Park
- Indigo Bunting (Henwood/Teuton) last 7/3
- Roxborough State Park
- Ovenbird --above meadow/Carpenter Peak Trail (Michaels) first 7/3
- Ovenbird --Fountain Overlook (Sherry) first 6/23
- Waterton Canyon
- Northern Pygmy-Owl --200 yds/south/reservoir (Michaels) first 7/2
- Pine Valley Ranch Park & Pike National Forest See Trail Maps
- American Three-toed Woodpecker
- (adult female) (PNF) --50 ft/east/Buck Gulch Trr/200 yds/north/Skipper Trr (Stevens) last 6/28
- (adult male) (PNF) --30 ft/south/Strawberry Jack Trr/300 yds/east/Buck Gulch Trr (Stevens) last 6/28
- (adult male) (PNF) --90 yds/southwest of decaying footbridge (M. Brown) first 6/16
- (adult female) (PNF) --100 ft/east/Buck Gulch Tr/100 yds/north/Skipper Tr (M. Brown) first 6/8
- (adult male) (PNF) --400 ft/south/Skipper Tr/400 yds/east/Buck Gulch Tr (Stevens) first 6/8
- Northern Pygmy-Owl
- (PNF) --100 ft/southeast/Strawberry Jack Trr/600 yds/south/Parkview Trr (Stevens) last 6/28
- (PVR) --south/uphill from Pine Lake (Coniglio) last 6/5
- (PVR) --(Buck Gulch Trail from 50 yds/south/Pine Lake to 100 ft/south/Park Boundary Sign) (M. Brown) first 3/18
- --50 yds/south/Parkview Tr/halfway between trailhead and intersection w/Strawberry Jack Tr (Junda/Warring) (first 2/3) last 3/7
- --Buck Gulch & Skipper Trails; 1/2 mile NE of trailhead (Baines) first 2/7
- Genesee Mountain Park
- Williamson's Sapsucker (Finch/Resone) (first 4/13) pair; last 6/27
- (search group picnic area and at top around snag near flagpole)
- South of Chatfield Reservoir
- American Redstart (Michaels) last 6/27
- (Along South Platte River; southeast of Discovery Pavilion parking lot)
- Red-eyed Vireo (Stevens/Michaels) (first 5/22) last 6/23
- (Southwest of 2nd pond, east of Platte River, south of Kingfisher Bridge)
- High Grade Road
- Ovenbird (2) --see directions (Sherry) first 6/23
- Summit of Pleasant Park Road up High Grade Road
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --picnic area across from old school house (Sherry) first 6/23
- Reynolds Park
- Williamson's Sapsucker (M. Brown)
- (male) --40 feet/north/Eagle's View Trail/100 ft/west/Raven's Roost Trail) first 6/22
- (male) --(35 feet/north/Eagle's View Trail/200 yds/west/Raven's Roost Trail) first 5/27
- (pair) --Raven's Roost Trail/150 yds/west/Elkhorn Trail first 5/27
- American Three-toed Woodpecer (Thanks to M. Brown)
- (Adult male: 50 ft/west/Eagle's View/90 yds/south/Raven's Roost & Oxen Draw Tr (M. Brown) last 5/5
- (0.1 miles/south/intersection of service road & Eagle's View) (Stevens) first 4/23
- Dusky Grouse --top of Eagle's View trail (M. Brown)
- (Latest: male heard/top Eagle's View (M. Brown) last 5/5
- (one seen briefly/service road/between Raven's Roost & Eagle's View) (Bucci) last 4/23
- Northern Pygmy-Owl
- --parking lot near Oxen Draw Trail (Stevens/Weston) last 2/26
- --(Skrentny:Yon/Stevens) (first 1/1) last 1/18
- (Songbird Trail; halfway between parking lots)
Larimer County
- County Road 15 and Boxelder Creek
- Indigo Bunting (Dixie Smith) first 7/2
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- White-tailed Ptarmigan (pair) (Tingley/Gold) (first 6/9) last 6/30
- (Medicine Bow Curve, 150 yds north/pullover; below trail)
- (Also: Top of Rock Cut Trail)
- Brown-capped Rosy Finch --snow field/Lava Cliffs (Matthews) first 6/30
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (Foppe/Feeney) (first 6/5) last 6/27
- (6/25: left of Upper Bear Lake trail, just above old burn area)
- (6/5: Toward Nymph Lake, 1/3 the way up from Bear Lake parking lot)
- CSU Environmental Learning Center
- Red-eyed Vireo (Leatherman) first 6/30
- (west of river/north of the East Drake Pondworks/Water Treatment Plant)
- Running Deer Natural Area
- American Bittern (heard) (Leatherman) first 6/30
- Pennock Pass
- Flammulated Owl (2+) (Stevens/Feeney) (first 5/6) last 6/27
- Chambers Lake
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --east side (Stevens/Danka) (first 6/11) last 6/19
- East of Cattail Pond, Loveland
- Bobolink (Komar/Stevens) (first 6/1) last 6/10
- (meadow/south & east of Cattail Pond)
- Great-tailed Grackle (pair) --south/cattail pond (Stevens) last 6/10
- Eastern Meadowlark (Komar) first 6/1
- (Field south of 18th Street where Dotsero Street Dead ends)
- Cow Creek, Rocky Mountain National Park
- Northern Pygmy-Owl --see directions (Danka) first 5/23
Arapahoe County
- Cherry Creek Reservoir
- Black-chinned Hummingbird (2) (Stevens/Kosten) (first 5/18) 3; last 6/30
- (Southeast of ranger's office; especially the two 10 foot trees southeast of back fence)
- South Platte Park
- Black-chinned Hummingbird (Latona/Jim Nelson) (first 5/11) last 6/27
- East of Great Plains Park to E470
- Burrowing Owl (Stevens) 2; last 6/26
- (first rock pile/west/E470/south Jewell & across from G.P. Park parking lot)
Huerfano County
- La Veta
- White-winged Dove (Jensen) (first 5/30) last 6/26
- (West Francisco Street; near the bridge just off Oak Street)
- White-winged Dove --CR 358 (Neldner) first 5/16
- La Veta Lewis's Woodpecker Village
- Lewis's Woodpecker (12) (Morris) (first December) last 4/6
- (Cottonwoods at Huajatolla Creek, adjacent to County Road 360)
- Valley Road Cutoff to La Veta
- Burrowing Owl (Neldner) first 6/21
Lincoln County
- Karval Reservoir Wildlife Area
- Short-eared Owl --from southwest corner (Stevens) first 6/24
Bent County
- Blue Lake
- Neotropic Cormorant (immature) --see directions (Nelson) first 6/1
- John Martin Reservoir
- Piping Plover (Drummond) first 5/16
- Least Tern (4) (Drummond) first 5/16
- Fort Lyons Wildlife Easement Area
- Black Rail (2) (Weston/Yang) (first 4/21) last 5/6
- (Marshes along CR JJ at 1.7 miles east of CR 16; also check HH & CR 16 area)
- American Bittern (2+) (Weston/Yang) (first 4/21) last 5/6
Prowers County
- Prowers County Alfalfa Fields
- Dickcissel
- 1; Highway 196; west of Hwy 385 (Percival) first 6/1
- 1; CR KK at 0.5 miles East of CR 27 (Percival) first 6/1
- Holly Rest Stop
- Baltimore Oriole (Friesen) first 5/15
Otero County
- Old Bent's Fort
- Baltimore Oriole (male) (Drummond) first 5/16
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Drummond) first 5/16
- Great Crested Flycatcher (Drummond) first 5/16
- Lake Cheraw
- Snowy Plover (10+) (Drummond) last 5/16
- Picket Wire Canyonlands Trail
- Black-throated Sparrow (Friesen) first 5/15
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Friesen) first 5/15
- Eastern Phoebe (Friesen) first 5/15
- (This is long hike, but always birdy; occasionally a Scott's Oriole in past)
- Rocky Ford Inca Doves
- Inca Dove (Kent) last 4/30
- (Area around Washington Street and Church)
- White-winged Dove (Garrity) last 4/30
- (Area around Hwy 202 & Industrial Drive)
- Black-and-white Warbler (Kent) first 4/30
- (behind house east of church on Washington Street)
- Townsend's Warbler (Turner) first 4/30
- (east of Hwy 202 & Industrial Drive)
- Rocky Ford Wildlife Area
- Green Heron (Maynard) first 4/25
Baca County
- Cottonwood Canyon
- Eastern Phoebe (Stevens/Carpenter) (first 4/18) last 5/12
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow (2) --see directions (Carpenter) last 5/7
- Western Screech-Owl (2) (Carpenter) last 5/7
- Lewis's Woodpecker (Carpenter) last 5/7
- County Road 10 (Between CR U & R)
- Mountain Plover (Carpenter) first 5/12
Cheyenne County
- Highway 385, Mile Marker 164
- Burrowing Owl (8) (Stevens/Green) (first 4/18) last 5/6
- (Few miles south of Kit Carson County; Hwy 385 runs east-west here)
Morgan County
- Brush Wildlife Area
- Red-bellied Woodpecker (Danka) last 6/23
- Eastern Screech-Owl (Stevens/Danka) (first 1/22) last 6/23
- Baltimore Oriole (Ehlmann) first 5/12
Kit Carson County
- Flagler Reservoir
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Danka) first 6/23
- Red-bellied Woodpecker (Danka) first 6/23
Sedgwick County
- Sedgwick Bar Wildlife Area
- Great Crested Flycatcher (Stevens) first 6/22
- Eastern Bluebird (Stevens) first 6/22
- Pony Express Wildlife Area
- Red-bellied Woodpecker (Stevens) first 6/22
- Julesburg Wayside Rest Stop
- Baltimore Oriole (Stevens) first 6/22
- DePoorter Lake
- Field Sparrow --southwest corner of property (Stevens) first 6/22
- Julesburg Wildlife Area
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo (pair) --300 yds/east/parking lot (Danka/Stevens) (first 6/16) last 6/21
- Possible Black-billed Cuckoo --500 yds/east/parking lot (Danka) first 6/16
- Ovid
- Northern Cardinal (male) --southwest side of town (Stevens) first 6/21
Logan/Sedgwick Counties
- Jumbo Reservoir
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo --north woods (Stevens) first 6/20
- Barn Owl --eastern campgrounds (Danka) first last 6/14
- Red Lion Wildlife Area
- Upland Sandpiper --west/CR 95 (Kent/Danka) (first 5/4) last 5/22
- Tamarack Ranch Wildlife Area
- Northern Cardinal (2) --east side (Ehlmann) last 5/12
- Red-bellied Woodpecker (3) --Platte & CR 55 (Ehlmann) last 5/12
- Eastern Screech-Owl (2+) --east side (Ehlmann) last 5/12
- Field Sparrow (Ehlmann) last 5/12
Yuma County
- Hale Ponds
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo --Republican River/0.3 miles/west/Kansas (Ehlmann) first 5/11
- Common Poorwill --south/eastern Hale Ponds (Ehlmann) first 5/11
- Long-eared Owl (3+) (Babic/Ehlmann) last 5/11
- Barn Owl (3) (Babic/Ehlmann) (first 4/23) last 5/11
- Eastern Screech-Owl (Ehlmann) last 5/11
- (Along Republican River; CR LL.5 to Kansas border)
- Red-bellied Woodpecker (4) (Ehlmann) last 5/11
- Bonny Reservoir
- Northern Cardinal (1+) --Wagon Wheel Campground (Righter) last 5/17
- Barn Owl --F.G. to northeast side (Ehlmann) first 5/10
- Red-bellied Woodpecker (2+) (Ehlmann) last 5/10
- Baltimore Oriole (2) (Ehlmann) first 5/10
- (South side of Reservoir from Wagon Wheel to Hwy 385)
Teller County
- Mueller State Park
- Williamson's Sapsucker (Steve Campbell) first 7/4
- (Large aspen/western edge meadow/northwest corner of trail 32)
Montrose County
- Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park
- Yellow-throated Vireo (Boyle/Annie Baker) (first 6/10) again 7/3
- (On 7/3: Devil's Point)
- (On 6/10: Rock Point along South Rim Drive; halfway between parking lot and overlook)
- Dusky Grouse --main road/west/campgrounds (Ehlmann/Carpenter) last 5/11
- Northern Pygmy-Owl --west end/south rim drive (Stevens/Green) last 5/2
- Silver Jack Campground
- Dusky Grouse --Ouray Loop; sites 13 & 14 (Siders) first 6/28
- Nucla Sewer Ponds
- Lesser Nighthawk (m,f) (Dexter) (first 5/31) 2; last 6/19
- Montrose (S. Niagara Street)
- White-winged Dove (Rising) first 6/2
- Uravan
- Black Phoebe (Dexter/Stevens) (first 3/17) last 5/31
- North of Highway 90; East of Bedrock
- Burrowing Owl (Dexter) first 5/13
Fremont County
- Arkansas Riverwalk
- Eastern Phoebe (Green/Moss) (first 5/3) last 7/3
- (Possibly nesting at old sewer tank & pond)
- Pathfinder Regional Park
- Black Phoebe (Elwonger/Moss) (first 4/14) last 7/2
- Florence River Park
- Black Phoebe (4) --along Arkansas River (Moss) first 7/2
- County Road 2 at 2.5 miles West of CR 21
- Lewis's Woodpecker (pair) (Drummond) first 7/1
- Pinyon Jay (Drummond) first 6/28
- Tunnel Drive
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Luke) 1; last 6/8
Summit County
- A.M. Bailey Bird Sanctuary
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --halfway from trailhead to Sanctuary (Danka) first 7/2
- White-tailed Ptarmigan --approx. 1.0 miles north (Danka) first 7/2
- Northern Pygmy-Owl --north of Sanctuary (Danka) first 7/2
- St. Johns Trail
- Boreal Owl (Stevens) (first 6/30) last 7/1
- Hunkidori Trail
- Northern Pygmy-Owl (Stevens) first 7/1
- Argentine Pass
- Northern Pygmy-Owl (Stevens) first 6/30
Lake County
- Independence Pass
- White-tailed Ptarmigan --1/2 mile/north/summit (Filby) first 7/2
- Highway 82 at mile marker 53
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (female) (Filby) first 7/2
La Plata County
- Wildcat Canyon
- Acorn Woodpecker (Petrosky) last 7/1
Montezuma County
- Yellow Jacket Canyon
- Lucy's Warbler (pair) (Beatty/Weston) (first 4/25) last 6/30
- Summer Tanager (Coen/Weston) (first 5/17) last 6/30
Pitkin County
- Snowmass
- Black Swift (3) (Filby) first 6/30
- (Flyover, ridge between Snowmass and Old Snowmass)
Mesa County
- Colorado National Monument
- Pinyon Jay (30+) (Stevens/Feeney) (first 3/19) last 6/29
- (DS Road; also check campgrounds)
- Uncompahgre Plateau
- Flammulated Owl (Robinsong/Weston) (first 5/9) last 6/10
- Brewster Ridge
- Scott's Oriole (male) (Carpenter/Weston) (first 5/9) last 6/8
- Rabbit Valley
- Scott's Oriole (male) --see directions (Carpenter/Stevens) (first 5/9) last 6/1
- Grand Mesa
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --parking lot/Mesa Top Trail (Zerbi) first 5/30
- White-winged Crossbill (Beason/Cross) (first 1/31) last 5/20
- (Englemann Spruce within 300 yards of Visitor's Center)
- Boreal Owl (4) (Ehlmann/Carpenter) (first 2/10) last 5/10
- (Spruce Grove Campgrounds to Visitor's Center)
- Northern Saw-whet Owl (2) s.a.b. (Carpenter) first 5/10
- Northern Pygmy-Owl --Powderhorn Ski Area (Stevens) (first 4/20) last 4/26
- Cameo
- Chukar --northern draw (Stevens/Leo Miller) (first 2/11) last 5/12
Delta County
- Fruitgrower's Reservoir
- American Bittern --northeast corner (Feeney) 2; last 6/28
- Lewis's Woodpecker (7) (Feeney) last 6/28
- (Drive South first paved road west of Reservoir;
- large cottonwoods as road heads west again)
- Escalante Wildlife Area
- Chukar (2) (Ehlmann/Weston) (first 3/5) last 6/11
- (Hillside West of Old Sheep Corral)
- Black Phoebe (McConnell/Petrosky) (first 4/3) up to 4; 6/11
- (1; upstream from Escalante Rim Road at suspended irigation pipe)
- (1; downstream from Escalante Rim Road at concrete water diversion dam)
- Stevens Gulch
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (4) (Garrison) first 5/29
Clear Creek County
- Guanella Pass (NOW OPEN)
- White-tailed Ptarmigan (Weston/Resone) (first 5/31) last 6/27
- (south side of southeast hill up 603 trail; See directions for restrictions due to construction)
- (also check: southeast/Rosalie & 603 Trails)
- Mt. Evans Byway (Now Open)
- Brown-capped Rosy Finch (2+) --Summit Lake (Stevens/Resone) (first 5/27) last 6/27
- White-tailed Ptarmigan --around mile 12 (Tizzard) first 6/27
- White-tailed Ptarmigan --see directions (Sherry) (first 6/22) last 6/26
- White-tailed Ptarmigan --east side/Mt Evans parking area (Stevens/Michaels) (first 6/5) last 6/7
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --Echo Lake Campgrounds (4 tent sites) (Bingham/Berry) last 2/15
- Loveland Pass
- White-tailed Ptarmigan --up western trail (Tizzard) last 6/26
Ouray County
- Box Canyon
- Black Swift (2+) (Weston/Petrosky) (first 6/4) last 6/26
Gunnison County
- McCabe's Wetlands
- Least Flycatcher (2) (Beason) first 6/26
- Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park
- Dusky Grouse --south rim drive (Weston) last 6/25
- Gunnison County Road 38
- Gunnison Sage-Grouse (2) (Petrosky) first 6/24
- Neversink Trail
- Least Flycatcher (2) (Petrosky) first 6/24
- Veery (Bradley/Petrosky) (first 6/15) last 6/24
- Lake View Campgrounds South of Taylor Park Reservoir
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (Petrosky) first 6/23
Chaffee County
- Buena Vista Area
- Lewis's Woodpecker (2) (Tuvesson/Petrosky) (first 7/4) last 6/23
- (Best area to search: Brookdale Avenue & N. Pleasant Avenue Area)
- (Also search around Darren Patterson Christian Academy)
- Pinyon Jay --KOA campgrounds/below Buena Vista Overlook (Petrosky) last 6/23
- Pinyon Jay (40) --east of Johnson Village (Deininger) first 11/27
Moffat County
- Near Timberlake Lek off CR 3
- Greater Sage-Grouse --just east of fence (Ehlmann) first 6/2
- Oxbow Wildlife Area
- Sage Sparrow (Stuart/Stevens) (first 4/10) last 6/2
- Sage Thrasher (Kent/Carpenter) (first 4/25) last 5/9
Jackson & Larimer Counties
- Cameron Pass Area
- Boreal Owl (Stevens) last 6/17
- (Contact Stevens at birdertoo (at) hotmail.com or 303-324-7994)
- (We are trying to spread out searches as to not visit same spot each trip)
- Colorado State Forest Visitor's Center
- Brown-capped Rosy Finch (20-30) (Stevens) (first 6/11) 2+, last 6/17
Garfield County
- Douglas Pass
- Flammulated Owl (Stevens/Ehlmann) (first 6/1) last 6/9
Hinsdale County
- Slumgullion Pass
- White-winged Crossbill (CFO) first 5/23
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