J. Groth 1986 Journal 102. Colorado, cont'd. 3 June to the nest. I decided to get the shotgun and just shoot her by the time I got back to the nest area with the gun, she was gone -- apparently had deserted the nest for good. The nest was at 10,500 feet elevation, about 40 feet up on a S-facing branch of a lodgepole pine about 5 feet from the trunk and 10 feet from the top of the tree. My guess is that there was a clutch (full) of eggs but no baties -- the ? must have been incubating to hold so tight as previously. By 3:00 I packed up all the gear to just drive and explore the Leadville area while the rain was falling. I drove S on 24 into town, then 2 mi S of Leadville I took Colorado 300 west into the hills. Here it did not look so good, at least where I explored. The lodgepole here was smaller, less cones. I then drove N through Leadville and then up Hwy 91 toward Climax, Colorado. The valley here was mostly spruce rather than lodgepole (at least for the first 6 miles). I decided then to go back to the Tennessee Pass area.