Steve and Judy's Travels!

  Not so many birds here, final count 23, but some cool ones.  Getting some good year-birds:   Canada goose Mallard Turkey vulture Red tailed hawk Mourning dove White throated swift Black chinned hummingbird Eastern kingbird Steller’s jay Black billed magpie Violet green swallow Northern rough-winged swallow Barn swallow American robin Cedar waxwing Yellow warbler Yellow-rumped warbler Western tanager Spotted towhee Bullock’s oriole Pine grosbeak House finch American goldfinch    

  Interstate 70 west.  Through the tunnel.  Over Vail pass.    A long roll-out down to Glenwood Springs.  We’re just east of town, just inside the canyon.   1,450 miles from Port Aransas.    

  Final tally:  50 birds   Canada goose Mallard Blue winged teal Pied billed grebe Western grebe White pelican Double crested cormorant Great blue heron Great egret Snowy egret Green heron Black crowned night heron Turkey vulture Osprey Northern harrier Swainson’s hawk Red tailed hawk American kestrel Killdeer Spotted sandpiper Ring billed gull Eurasian collared dove Mourning dove Great horned owl Black chinned hummingbird Belted kingfisher Northern flicker Western wood pewee Western kingbird Eastern kingbird Black billed magpie Horned lark Northern rough winged swallow Bank swallow Cliff swallow Barn swallow American robin European starling Yellow warbler Common yellowthroat Red winged blackbird Western meadowlark Yellow headed blackbird Common grackle Brown headed cowbird Orchard oriole Bullock’s oriole House finch American goldfinch House sparrow