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. http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=107013362562471418011.00047964b60d16d130156&ll=34.198173,-102.260742&spn=20.400054,56.90918&z=5 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 |