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Journal
Beaver Creek Wildlife Management Area, 10 miles NE of Canon City,
Fremont Co., Colorado. Elevation 6100 ft.
June 19-23 until noon, then solidly cloudy the remainder of the day.
(cont) There were more-or-less continuous showers from 15:10 to
17:30, then a cloud burst from 17:30 to 17:50. Lightning flashed
seemingly very close several times. After the downpour, it
rained intermittently to 19:30. Winds were variable 2-5 mph
except near thunderstorms, when they were much higher and
gustier. The temperature ranged from 60-75°F.
On June 20, I spent the day running nets, beginning at
05:15, and recording and putting up specimens. Owing to winds,
nets were closed 14:15 to 17:00, and closed for the day at
19:30. Cardinals are indeed plentiful, and I secured 5 petrins
and one pinto today, a pretty good day.
Weather June 20, 1991 was clear in the morning with
intermittent light NE breezes switching to SW 5-10 mph @ 10:00.
The afternoon was partly cloudy, mostly cloudy from 13:45 to
about 17:00. A thunderstorm threatened around 15:30, but
this brought only high winds and scattered drops. Temp. range
today was 55°-85°F.
On June 21, I again spent the day running between
nets until about 11:00 when I had to leave goldeneyes to
record & prepare and a pete siskin to take care of. I resumed
the nets at 18:30, but higher winds increased net visibility and
I caught no late birds. John Rodriguez, Colorado Division of
Wildlife officer I called from the BLM office for notification
of collecting activities in his jurisdiction, paid a visit, checking
my permits and looking at my field set-up. This visit lasted