Lathrop state park

It was a good stay at st vrain. Forty-one birds. Buffleheads, hooded mergansers, night herons, golden eagle, bald eagle, prairie falcons, kingfisher serenade, blue jays, scrub jays, juncos. But enough of these cold weather birds. I know, the weather has been fantastic; temperatures in the sixties and seventies, but nevermind that, we’re leaving anyway. Look at the weather map of the country. We’re in a blue state. We’re headed for red states. Got a date with a gilded flicker.

A leisurely start. A two hundred mile day, from Erie to Walsenburg. Another night at Lathrop State Park.