We targeted Gunnison Sage Grouse this morning and
left the motel at 4.15am, getting settled into the hide by 4.50am. We then had
to wait for sunrise before scoping two males on a distant ridge and both were
in view for over an hour. We returned to the hotel for breakfast before heading
back towards Monarch Pass, stopping along the way to check out the sagebrush
flats where a Brewer’s Sparrow was
the only new bird.
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| American Three-toed Woodpecker |
Up in the mountains we had a pair of American Three-toed Woodpeckers without too much hassle and enjoyed
crippling views right in front of us. After a stop at the souvenir shop on the
pass, we headed out on the long drive into Kansas that took around 9 hours. We
checked out our long shot for Lesser
Prairie Chicken and had a Short-eared
Owl quartering the fields at dusk to end our day.
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