J. Broth 1985 Journal 65. Colorado Aug 4 Ward Lake and Twin Lakes. This was an area of spruce/aspen with lakes and parkland. I stopped often to look around, but the cone crop on Grand Mesa's slopes looked extremely poor. I drove down in elevation on the road to Collbran, Colo., and from there went East on the road to Silt, Colo. Along this road was mostly sagebrush and mixed scrub oak community, with some ranches with open ground. Many Western and Mountain Bluebirds, as well as Kestrels, were seen along this route. I ended up at Newcastle, Colo., where I took the road N from there toward Buford, Colo. This road wound gradually up in elevation, util reaching high mountain areas of spruce/aspen/ with lots of open meadow interspersed, but fewer lakes than Grand Mesa. Little Ponderosa pine transition you in this entire part of Colorado, these being very rare trees here. I camped about halfway(?) to Buford from Newcastle in a mountain meadow, on a road noted as Game Management Area (2). It was a good, clear night with a waning moon late, and a good view of Jupiter.