Eric writes: I spent a couple weeks in SE Colorado surveying breeding birds earlier this June. After finishing up, I headed for the mountains and all the specialty species that come with the elevation.
Before heading into the mountains, I spent a night listening to Black Rails in the John Martin marshes and an afternoon watching Mountain Plovers at a prairie dog town. Colorado has some amazing diversity in birds!
Just a couple hours from the rails and plovers are Three-toed Woodpeckers and Pine Grosbeaks. My main target was Gunnison Sage-Grouse, which is a bird I had never had a chance to look for before this summer. Within about 20 minutes of searching, 3 chicks with 2 adults showed well. I finished up my birding by heading above treeline; within a few minutes I had great looks at a White-tailed Ptarmigan and not such good looks at a couple Brown-capped Rosy-Finches.
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| Treasure Falls - A Black Swift nesting location. |
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| Do you see the White-tailed Ptarmigan? |
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