Monday, July 12, 2010

Snow Mountain Ranch

 

Sunday.  We left St Vrain.  South to Interstate 70.  West past Idaho Springs to Highway 40.  Over Berthoud Pass, elevation 11,300 feet, to Snow Mountain Ranch, YMCA of the Rockies, elevation 8,500 feet.  The family reunion.  A gathering of 30.

 

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So far, so good.  We feel the elevation but aren’t having any issues with it.  Warm day in the 70s.  Afternoon rain cooling it right down.  I took a fairly short walk today.  I get a longer one tomorrow.

 

St Vrain State Park bird list from last week:

Canada Goose

Mallard

Pied-billed Grebe

Western Grebe

American White Pelican

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Osprey

Swainson's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Killdeer

Spotted Sandpiper

Ring-billed Gull

Rock Pigeon

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Mourning Dove

Belted Kingfisher

Northern Flicker

Western Kingbird

Eastern Kingbird

Warbling Vireo

Blue Jay

Horned Lark

Tree Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Barn Swallow

House Wren

American Robin

Yellow Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Lark Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Red-winged Blackbird

Western Meadowlark

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

Orchard Oriole

Bullock's Oriole

House Finch

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

 

 

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