Jeff Reiter signed up for with Colorado Birding Adventures to see the Centennial State's avian wonders.
I signed up with Colorado Birding Adventures in January. Waiting any longer was risky. Company owner and chief guide Carl Bendorf runs his"Best of Colorado Summer Birding" tour twice a year, always in June, and it sells out. Ten birders per trip, no more.
Chestnut-collared longspurs like this one were spotted during the group's visit to Pawnee National Grassland, north of Denver near the Wyoming state line. - Photo courtesy of Tony Dvorak/Cornell Lab of Ornithology Our first full day of birding took us to Pawnee National Grassland. Target birds here were mountain plover , chestnut-collared longspur, thick-billed longspur, and burrowing owl.
From the trailhead, Carl led our bundled up, well-layered party onto the barren, rock-strewn expanse. A ptarmigan is virtually impossible to see unless it moves, and this small chicken-like species is not big on exercise. It blends perfectly with its surroundings. Seizing the moment, the guides leaped into round-up mode, summoning the birders. We were scattered all over the place, mingling with an overflow crowd of summer tourists. Bill literally called out inside the packed gift shop. To paraphrase,"Birders, drop the merch! Come outside NOW!"The drill was effective, the group reassembled, and there they were, the rosy-finches, like they'd fluttered down from a heavenly aviary just for us.
We would return to RMNP on our last day, but first came the Southern Swing, a 400-mile loop beyond Colorado Springs and back home along a raging Arkansas River, and through towns like Canon City, Salida and Buena Vista. It was a long but rewarding day filled with memorable birds. This Lewis's woodpecker, delivering food, delighted birders in Buena Vista, Colorado. Only a sliver of its pink breast is visible here. - Photo courtesy of Carl Bendorf Lewis's woodpecker, my phone bird, came next. Again, we were surrounded by houses, this time in Buena Vista. Carl had staked out a nest hole where an adult bird was coming and going, delivering food and taking out the white trash .
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