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Sunrise Birding LLC - Birding and Wildlife ToursGreater Sage Grouse. Photo by Steve Bird.COLORADO CHICKENS!
Photo Highlights: April 7 - 17, 2015  

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Leaders: Wezil Walraven, Steve Bird, & Gina Nichol

Distance traveled: 2243 miles
Species recorded: 140 including 5 heard only
Lifers logged (per person): Between 0 and 52!
Temperature range encountered: 20 – 80 degrees F

Top birds of the trip as voted by participants:
1) Greater Sage Grouse
2) Greater Prairie Chicken
3) Lewis’s Woodpecker & American Three-toed Woodpecker (tie)
4) Broad-tailed Hummingbird, White-tailed Ptarmigan, Mountain Plover (tie)
5) Gunnison Sage Grouse, American Dipper, McCown’s Longspur (tie)
6) Chestnut-collared Longspur, Dusky Grouse, Scaled Quail, Sharp-tailed Grouse, Swainson’s Hawk (male and female perched together), Franklin’s Gull, Black-throated Sparrow, Mountain Bluebird, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Black Rosy Finch (tie)

Photo above: Greater Sage Grouse by Steve Bird.

PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS: Click the thumbnails below to see a larger version of the photo.
All photos © Gina Nichol.
Lewis's Woodpecker
Lewis's Woodpecker
Greater Prairie Chickens
Greater Prairie Chickens
Curve-billed Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
Greater Prairie Chicken
Greater Prairie Chicken
Blackbirds in the snow
Blackbirds in the snow
Porcupine
Porcupine
Mountain Plover
Mountain Plover
Dusky Grouse
Dusky Grouse
Bighorn Sheep
Bighorn Sheep
Black-throated Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
California Gull
California Gull
White Pelicans
White Pelicans
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS - Please check our YouTube Channel for videos of the chickens in action!
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