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Journal
24.
June, J.
1991
Boarer Creek Wildlife Management Area, 10 miles NE Canon City,
Fremont Co., Colorado. Elevation 6100 ft.
June 19-23 about forty-four minutes, concluding at 15:10. Our daylight of the
(cont) day was a very brisk bath in the creek during late afternoon.
The second was catching a Broad-tailed Hummingbird in my
work tent. I'm surprised that it entered such a small opening
in the zipper; presumably a red sweater it was too attraction.
Weather June 21 saw temperatures range from 55-70 F; there
were steady winds 5-10 mph out of NE, except from 09:30 to 11:30, when
they were intermittent, and after 18:00, when they were higher, about 10-15
mph. There was no threat of rain today.
June 22 was spent mostly in the tent, sheltered from the
rain, which began at 04:05 and continued steadily until 05:15,
when it began to rain very hard, associated with gusty winds. This
lasted until 06:30. From 06:30 to 15:15, there were steady 10-15
mph SW winds, frequent gusts, and frequent intermittent rains.
At 15:15, and continuing for 70 minutes, winds abated and skies
mostly cleared. I cleaned my nets, opened them, and enjoyed
a goldfinch bonanza, catching (6 Carduelis psaltria! Rain
resumed 16:45 and finally stopped at 19:10. I spent the remain-
ing daylight recording birds, and working until after midnight (02:25)
putting up about half those collected today. The remainder
were kept in the ice box until morning light.
Cloud and precipitation information have already been
given in the preceding paragraph. Other weather parameters for
June 22 were the range of temperature of 60-70 F and the
shift of winds to 5-15 out of the NE at sunset.
On June 23, I never opened my mist nets, but stayed in