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BIRDING ABROAD in COLORADO, USA 9 to 19 APRIL 2018 TOUR BIRDING ABROAD IN COLORADO, USA 9 to 19 APRIL 2018 TOUR DESCRIPTION: For most UK birders a visit to North America usually involves one of the great migration hot spots such as Point Pelee, High Island, or Cape May, where ‘wood- warblers’ are the prime focus. Wonderful of course this is, but North America has so much more to offer and on this trip we explore one of the great mid-West states – Colorado. We do so at a time of year, early spring, when the Rockies and eastern prairies are bursting into life so we are sure to enjoy some amazing bird watching and wildlife. For those with an interest in ‘how the west was won’ there is plenty of history on offer in the various places we visit. Colorado is the best state in which to see a variety of the North American grouse species at their spring leks. Our tour itinerary includes visits to several of these leks, where we will be up close to the birds to witness their marvellous displays – quite spellbinding in fact and an experience never to be forgotten. We will visit the splendid high tundra of the snow-capped Rocky Mountains, the majestic wilderness of vast inter-mountain valleys, mountain spruce-fir forests, the eastern prairies and grasslands with their vast ‘big-sky’ vistas, huge wetlands and wide riparian valleys, as well as the softer sagebrush and ‘pinyon/juniper’ woodland which typifies the central/south section of the state. The scenery alone in this state is simply breath-taking. Our trip coincides with the annual northward, mass migration of wildfowl. In addition we have opportunities to see a good selection of raptors, woodpeckers, the first arriving waders, forest birds, sparrows, longspurs, and a possibility of all three species of rosy-finch found in the USA. For just ten days in Colorado we cram a lot in, but there is little dashing from place to place on this trip. The spring days produce many hours of daylight and so there is plenty of time for us to pause a while in each part of the state and take in its magnificent beauty as well as absorb and enjoy its wonderful birds and wildlife. PHOTOGRPAHIC OPPORTUNITIES: Excellent, including some time spent observing from hides where we are close to the birds. Downy Woodpecker – one of several woodpecker species we see on our tour BIRD LIST: Expect a trip list of around 170 species, with highlights being; American Wigeon, Blue-winged Teal, Cinnamon Teal, Green-winged Teal, Canvasback, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Ruddy Duck, Scaled Quail, White-tailed Ptarmigan, Sharp-tailed Grouse, Greater Prairie- Chicken, both Greater and Gunnison Sage Grouses, Wild Turkey, Common Loon, grebes (Slavonian, Western, Clark’s and Pied-billed), American White Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, White-faced Ibis, Turkey Vulture, Northern Harrier, both Sharp-shinned and Cooper’s Hawks, Northern Goshawk, buteo hawks (Ferruginous, Rough- legged, Red-tailed and Swainson’s), American Coot, Sandhill Crane, Mountain Plover, Killdeer, American Avocet, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Long-billed Curlew, Long-billed Dowitcher, gulls (California, Franklin’s, Ring-billed and Bonaparte’s), Great Horned and Burrowing Owls, Belted Kingfisher, woodpeckers (Lewis’s, Red-headed, Downy, Hairy, Three-toed, Northern Flicker), Williamson’s and Red-naped Sapsucker, Prairie Falcon, American Kestrel, Black and Say’s Phoebe, Loggerhead Shrike, jays (Steller’s, Blue, Western Scrub-Jay, Pinyon and Gray), Clark’s Nutcracker, Horned Lark, Tree Swallow, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Cliff Swallow, both Mountain and Black-capped Chickadees, Bushtit, Red-breasted, White-headed and Pygmy Nuthatches, Bewick’s and Rock Wrens, Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets, American Dipper, Townsend’s Solitaire, bluebirds (Mountain, Western and Eastern), American Robin, Curve-billed and Sage Thrashers, American Pipit, McCown’s and Chestnut-collared Longspurs, Yellow- rumped Warbler, Spotted and Canyon Towhee, sparrows (Rufous-crowned, Brewer’s, Chipping, White-crowned, Savannah, Vesper, Song, Fox, Lark and Lincoln’s), Dark-eyed Junco (various forms), Lark Bunting, Brewer’s Blackbird, Common and Great-tailed Grackle, Red-winged and Yellow-headed Blackbirds, Western Meadowlark, Cassin’s Finch, Pine Siskin, American and Lesser Goldfinches and rosy-finches ( Gray-crowned, Brown-capped and Black). Please note that Lesser Prairie-Chicken is no longer viewable to touring groups in Colorado. Gray-crowned Rosy-finch – we could encounter all three North American rosy-finches species MAMMALS: Well represented and we may see Bighorn Sheep, Pronghorn (a type of antelope, said to be the second fastest land mammal in the world after the Cheetah), Moose (or Elk as it is known in Europe), White-tailed and Mule Deer, Coyote, Red Fox, Ord’s Kangaroo Rat, Least Chipmunk, Wyoming Ground Squirrel, Mountain and Desert Cottontails, Muskrat and several species of prairie dog. We would need more than our fair share of luck to see a Bobcat or even a Mountain Lion (but both have been seen by birding groups touring Colorado at this time of year!). EASE AND PACE: The tour covers over half of this massive state, so we must be on the move each day. As such, most afternoons will involve some driving to reach our next destination. The drives will allow for some well earned ‘cat-napping’ or simply admiring the stunning views. We will break the journeys with refreshment and comfort stops and of course pausing regularly for birding along the way. To be ready and in place to enjoy the grouse leks, there is no choice but to be up early, pre-dawn in fact (04:30-05:00), but we will return to our hotel in good time for breakfast. Any walks we make are short and easy going. Colorado is a high altitude state and some participants may feel slight effects of altitude before adjusting quickly during the first day or so. Keeping hydrated and taking it easy are the best means to combat the symptoms. Insects will not be a problem at this time of year. ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD: Accommodation will be in twin-bed en-suite rooms in motels of a good standard allowing us to be in the best location for the next day’s birding. Breakfast will either be in the motel or at a cafe nearby. During the day, we will stop for a lunchtime coffee and snack breaks at roadside eateries found along our route. Evening meals will be taken at restaurants close to our motel. For this trip the price includes breakfast, but excludes day time and evening meals and drinks giving us the greater flexibility needed for our meal stops. We estimate that £30 per person per day should be adequate for all lunchtime and evening meals and drinks. WEATHER: Mid-April tends to bring a mix of weather in Colorado. Whilst it can be very calm and stable most of the time, we should expect at some stage to encounter short periods of stormy weather with high winds, rain, blizzards and even a dust storms. There is a saying in Colorado, that if the weather seems bad, wait an hour and it will be glorious. Temperatures vary during the day, from very cold early mornings, to sunny and even quite warm ‘T-shirt’ afternoons. So clothing should reflect the variations likely to be encountered. Being able to ‘layer up and down’ is key to staying comfortable. PRICE: The cost of the trip is £1900 per person, to include all travel in the state (by people carrier driven by your Birding Abroad tour leaders), accommodation in comfortable twin-bed en-suite rooms in motels of a good standard, with breakfast included, and entry fees to state parks and grouse leks. Not included are return flights from UK to Denver, lunch time and evening meals and drinks (see above) and any restaurant tips. USA VISA REQUIREMENT: Those joining the tour will be expected to apply for the US ESTA entry requirement, costing £14, which can be done on-line once bookings are confirmed. We will issue guidance about this very straightforward procedure at a later date. GROUP SIZE: the tour will be considered viable with a minimum of 5 participants plus a Birding Abroad leader. We will have a maximum of 8 persons per vehicle. White-tailed Ptarmigan in the snow – a much sought after inhabitant of the high Rocky Mountain passes ITINERARY (the dates shown are preliminary for 2018, subject to flight time changes). Day 1 – April 9: Morning flight from UK to Denver, arriving late afternoon after which we collect our hire vehicles and drive west to Georgetown in the Rockies for our first overnight motel stop. Day 2 – April 10: After breakfast at 7:00 we spend the morning exploring the environs of Georgetown and nearby Loveland Pass. Here we search for the White-tailed Ptarmigan, likely to be superbly camouflaged in the snow above the tree line. Typical forest birds will include Steller’s Jay, Mountain Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch and Pine Siskin. A visit to one of the feeders in a nearby mountain village could produce rosy-finches - all three species found in the USA are regularly seen here, as well as Clark’s Nutcracker and Pygmy Nuthatch. We then drive north stopping at a roadside reservoir for a variety of wildfowl including both Barrow’s and Common Goldeneye side by side. Lunch will be taken in the picturesque town of Kremmling, before we move on north-westwards to the inter-mountain wilderness known as North Park and the town of Craig for our evening meal and overnight stop. Short stops en-route will allow us to look for Gray Jay, Bald Eagle and other raptors, Cassin’s Finch and the various forms of Dark-eyed Junco.
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