Attended the CFO convention centered in Salida this weekend - lots of fun! Welcome BBQ Thursday night, Friday birding in Custer County with Lisa Edwards leading, Saturday birding in Chaffee County around Salida with Sue Riffe leading, banquet with great food Saturday night, Sunday birding in Gunnison County with Marcel Such leading, and Monday birding in Fremont County with Chip Clouse leading. I think I had about 115 species for the trip including a few 'lifers' - Pinyon Jay (Poncha Springs) and Black-throated Gray Warbler - (some road I forget near Salida).
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| This has nothing to do with the convention but too cool not to share - someone sent me this photo of the Black Forest CA Condor being caught. |
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| Friday morning views |
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| Bighorn Sheep on U.S. 50 near Cotopaxi |
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| A little blurry, but I like this one for the interesting juveniles. |
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| Custer County from Beckwith Pond. |
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| In Beckwith Pond |
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| At Beckwith Pond |
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| Wilson's Phalarope |
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| opposite the dam of DeWeese Reservoir |
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| Brewer's Blackbird |
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| Cliff Swallow with a noisy neighbor House Wren |
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| Wild Iris - lots of these up there |
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| Beautiful church from our lunch spot in Westcliffe |
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| Amish-style buggy |
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| Across from Lisa's pond where the Sora was |
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| A very accommodating Sora in Custer County |
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| mama Prairie Dog |
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| Lewis's Woodpeckers |
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| Cassin's Finch and Evening Grosbeak |
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| Wilson's Snipe |
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| Saturday morning in Poncha Springs |
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| Pinyon Jays! |
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| female Redwing Blackbird with food |
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| Red-naped Sapsucker at Mt. Ouray SWA |
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| Brown-headed Cowbird singing (or passing gas, as someone in our group suggested) :) |
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| Cedar Waxwing |
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| I don't know my fish that well - trout of some kind? |
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| Sunday going to Gunnison |
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| Sage Thrasher across from the public Gunnison Sage Grouse viewing area on the road to Waunita Hot Springs |
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| Cliff Swallows by U.S. 50 |
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| 'Baby' Killdeer following parent, in private field next to U.S. 50 |
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| Western Wood Pewee |
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| nice fellow |
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| Gunnison Prairie Dog |
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| Building the nest - neat to see! Blue Mesa |
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| Singing Brewer's Sparrow at Blue Mesa |
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| Common Merganser with 9 babies on her back - Blue Mesa |
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| Washed-out road East of a slushy Monarch Pass |
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| Sunday's group at a Continental Divide trail |
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| Found near the Continental Divide trail - Fairy Slipper Orchid |
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| East of Monarch Pass |
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| Motorcycle mishap at Maysville |
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| Arkansas River at Texas Creek Monday morning |
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| Lark Sparrows working on a nest at Texas Creek |
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| Blue Grosbeak at Tunnel Drive in Canon City |
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| Lazuli Bunting at Tunnel Drive |
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| moonset |
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| Lesser Goldfinch at Sell's |
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| Cooper's Hawk at Sell's |
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| Mourning Dove at Sell's |
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| Swallowtail at Sell's |
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| Killdeer doing broken wing display to protect nest/young at Brush Hollow Reservoir |
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| Young Redtail Hawk at Brush Hollow |
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| Just outside Brush Hollow |
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| Ummm |
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| Interesting coat |
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| Mississippi Kites back at home - a few people stopped by to see them but the Kites turned up an hour late. |
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| They're busy copulating (through a dirty window - reason for the color difference). |
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