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Stuart Healy - Birdfinders Tour
Colorado & Wyoming, June 15 - 29, 2001

Itinerary Summary (see journal for trip details)

Day 1: Friday, June 15, night in Fort Collins, CO.  Trip List 26
Drive from Denver airport to Fort Collins via Tower Road, 104th Avenue and I-25.  

Day 2: Saturday, June 16, night in Fort Collins, CO.  Trip List 61
Rocky Mountain National Park.  

Day 3: Sunday, June 17, night in Fort Collins, CO.  Trip List 78
Rocky Mountain National Park  

Day 4: Monday, June 18, night in Laramie, WY.  Trip List 96
Pawnee National Grasslands, drive to Laramie.  

Day 5: Tuesday, June 19, night in Laramie, WY.  Trip List 127
Grasslands north of Laramie and Cheyenne. Late Hattie, Hutton Lake NWR  

Day 6: Wednesday, June 20, night in Rock Springs, WY.  Trip List 137
Medicine Bow National Forest west of Laramie. Drive to Rock Springs.

Day 7: Thursday, June 21, night in Jackson, WY.  Trip List 146
Sagebrush area north of Farson. New Fork Lake near Pinedale. Drive to Jackson.  

Day 8: Friday, June 22, night in Jackson, WY.  Trip List 157
Jackson area: Flat Creek, Sawmill Ponds, Rendezvous Mountain, Skyline Ponds.  

Day 9: Saturday, June 23, night in Jackson, WY.  Trip List 163
Grand Teton NP: Jenny Lake, Jackson Lake  

Day 10: Sunday, June 24, night in Jackson, WY.  Trip List 168 
Grand Teton NP:
Signal Mountain; Yellowstone NP: South Entrance - West Thumb - Old Faithful - Madison - Norris - Canyon Village - Tower - Canyon Village - Fishing Bridge - West Thumb - South Entrance.

Day 11: Monday, June 25, night in Rock Springs, WY.  Trip List 174
Drive from Jackson to Rock Springs via highway 189 with stops along Green River, at Fontenelle Dam and at Seedskadee NWR..    

Day 12: Tuesday, June 26, night in Grand Junction, CO.  Trip List 182
Little Firehole Road south of Rock Springs. Roadside stops along highways US191 and CO64 driving from Rock Springs to Grand Junction via Flaming Gorge area in Utah.     

Day 13: Wednesday, June 27, night in Grand Junction, CO.  Trip List 191
Colorado National Monument, Grand Junction and Box Canyon Falls, Ouray.  

Day 14: Thursday, June 28, night in Denver, CO.  Trip List 193
Drive from Grand Junction to Mt. Evans: Echo Lake, Summit Lake and Summit. 

Day 15: Friday, June 29, end of tour. Trip List 195
Denver airport area: 96th Avenue and Barr Lake at 128th Avenue.  

195 species seen from June 15 - June 29. (Listed in Clements' order)
14.5 days: Colorado - 6, Wyoming - 8, Utah - 0.5
GREBES
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
CORMORANTS
Double-crested Cormorant
PELICANS
American White Pelican
DUCKS, SWANS, GEESE
Ruddy Duck
Trumpeter Swan
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
HERONS AND EGRETS 
Snowy Egret
Great Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
NEW WORLD VULTURES
Turkey Vulture
OSPREY
Osprey
HAWKS AND EAGLES 
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Golden Eagle
FALCONS
American Kestrel
Prairie Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
GROUSE AND TURKEYS
Blue Grouse
White-tailed Ptarmigan
Ruffed Grouse
Sage Grouse
WOOD-PARTRIDGES
Gambel's Quail
RAILS AND COOTS
Sora
American Coot
CRANES
Sandhill Crane
SANDPIPERS
Common Snipe
Marbled Godwit
Long-billed Curlew
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Willet
Wilson's Phalarope
AVOCETS AND STILTS
American Avocet
PLOVERS
Killdeer
Mountain Plover
GULLS AND TERNS
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Franklin's Gull
Black Tern
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
LOONS
Common Loon
PIGEONS AND DOVES
Rock Dove
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
OWLS
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl
NIGHTJARS
Common Nighthawk
SWIFTS
Black Swift
White-throated Swift
HUMMINGBIRDS
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher
WOODPECKERS
Red-naped Sapsucker
Williamson's Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Say's Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
CROWS AND JAYS
Pinyon Jay
Blue Jay
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Gray Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Clark's Nutcracker
American Crow
Common Raven
VIREOS
Gray Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Warbling Vireo
SHRIKES
Loggerhead Shrike
WAXWINGS
Cedar Waxwing
DIPPERS
American Dipper
THRUSHES
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Sage Thrasher
Brown Thrasher
STARLINGS
European Starling
NUTHATCHES
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
CREEPERS
Brown Creeper
WRENS
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Marsh Wren
House Wren
GNATCATCHERS
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
LONG-TAILED TITS
Bushtit
SWALLOWS
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
KINGLETS
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
CHICKADEES, TITS
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Juniper Titmouse
LARKS
Horned Lark
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow
PIPITS
American Pipit
SISKINS, CROSSBILLS AND ALLIES
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Lesser Goldfinch
Black Rosy-Finch
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch
Cassin's Finch
House Finch
Pine Grosbeak
Red Crossbill
NEW WORLD WARBLERS
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
SPARROWS AND ALLIES
McCown's Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Lark Bunting
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Sage Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Western Tanager
Dickcissel
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
BLACKBIRDS, GRACKLES, ORIOLES
Bullock's Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird

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Stuart Healy - Birdfinders Tour
Colorado & Wyoming, June 15 - 29, 2001