Today Tom Wilberding, Foxy ( http://picasaweb.google.com/blueskyhapkido/Foxy ) and I headed up to Rollins pass from the Gilpin Co. side. We drove up Rollins Pass Road as far is possible, parked and hiked up to the tunnel. We hiked around the tunnel and headed towards Rollins Pass. Being our first trip up there, Tom wanted to hike over and see Winter Park. We headed up the hill to look over the edge and saw the road we drove up. Next we headed west. Good call by Tom. As we were hiking towards the pass, about ten feet in front of us Foxy flushed a WHITE-TAILED PTARMIGAN and then promtly ignored it becasue it wasn't a Yellow-bellied Marmot or a Pika. We then tried to get a few pics of the bird before moving on to the pass. ( http://picasaweb.google.com/blueskyhapkido/WhiteTailedPtarmigan_RollinsPass_Gilpin_Deininger_06Aug2009 )
I took a waypoint of the spot we saw the WTPT and tried to pin point it on a map. If I changed my Lat/Long to the proper decimal, the WTPT flew from Gilpin Co. into Boulder Co. Any advice here would be appreciated. Below is our list from Rollins Pass area. Todd Deininger Longmont, CO White-tailed Ptarmigan Broad-tailed Hummingbird* Northern Flicker* Horned Lark* American Pipit* House Wren Mountain Bluebird* American Robin Mountain Chickadee Common Raven* Green-tailed Towhee Chipping Sparrow Lincoln’s Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Fox Sparrow - Boulder Co. only * seen in Boulder also --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ 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.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
