Category Archives: Birds

Bird #492 — Chestnut-collared Longspur

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Roger

calcarius (spur) ornatus (adorned) Monday, May 7, 2018 —  11:13 am Pawnee National Grasslands, Colorado — Weld County Road 69 After I saw the McCown’s Longspurs, I continued driving along the dirt road into the grasslands. I heard a Grasshopper … Continue reading →

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Bird #491 — McCown’s Longspur

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Roger

calcarius (spur) mccownii (named for J.P. McCown, U.S. Army captain who discovered the bird) Monday, May 7, 2018 — 9:14 am Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado — Weld County Road 96 This one was pretty easy. I knew where other birders … Continue reading →

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Bird #490 — Gunnison Sage-Grouse

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Roger

centrocercus (from kentron, spur, and kerko, point) minimus (least) Thursday, April 19, 2018 — 6:33 am Gunnison County, Colorado — County Road 887, Waunita Watchable Wildlife Site The Gunnison Sage-Grouse has only been considered a separate species since 2000. Pretty … Continue reading →

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Birding Trip

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Roger

I took two days off work and drove to Gunnison. Colorado to see the Gunnison Sage-Grouse (next post). I left home about 7:30 and headed to Canon City. A Lewis’s Woodpecker has been hanging out in a residential neighborhood, but … Continue reading →

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Bird #489 — Sage Thrasher

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Roger

oreoscoptes (from oros, mountain, and scoptes, mimic) montanus (mountains) Saturday, April 7, 2018 — 11:20 am El Paso County, Colorado — Meridian Road It was only a matter of time with this bird. It’s the last of the really easy … Continue reading →

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