This morning and early afternoon I visited some areas of Park County off Highway 285 in the watershed of the North Fork of the South Platte.
I found a *Blue Jay* (rare for the county) at Morehead Road near "Bailey Park" west of the town of Bailey. An *Am. Dipper* and a *Bald Eagle* were in this area, too. Approaching Santa Maria northwest of Shawnee I saw 4 *Tundra Swans* flying low up the valley and they came to land in a small area of still open water on some mostly frozen-over ponds near Cline Drive. They were not there when I came back through about 1.5 hours later, though. Along County Road 58 I encountered a swirling flock of rosy-finches that had about 100 *Gray-crowned* and 30 *Brown-capped*. Nearby Timberline Campground had 2 *Pine Grosbeaks*. Stops along CR 64 produced a HY *Harris's Sparrow*,.another *Pine Grosbeak*, Type 2 *Red Crossbills*, *Northern Pygmy-Owl*, and *Evening Grosbeaks*. Bailey had an *American Dipper* on the North Fork. Stops along CR 68 had 2 *American Tree Sparrows*, *Northern Shrike*, *Dusky Grouse*, a flock of *Wild Turkeys,* and Type 2 and Type 5 *Red Crossbills*. In JeffCo, Wellington Lake had a female *Red-breasted Merganser*, but few other waterbirds. Type 4 *Red Crossbills* were northwest of the lake along Pike NF Road 560. David Suddjian Littleton, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGj6RoqwBK66kbZ0JVEoQ5LtukjYj-zDho7o9wjQAT33rACmMw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
