Field notes, v1378
Page 387
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R.E.Johnson 1969 Journal Jan.30 Boulder, Jefferson, & Clear Creek Counties, Colorado and the other 50% were australis. The next ranch was another 0.7 miles southwest or a total of 1.3 miles sw of Jefferson along the highway + then 0.7 miles east on a dirt road. (1.3 mi. s. + 10.1 miles w. of Jefferson) This ranch is also owned by the South Park Cattle Co. We also returned to this ranch later in the day + collected additional birds. The flocks appeared to be 80% tephrocotis, 15% littoralis, + 5% australis. One atrata was seen + collected. Only a few birds were seen at a time, but 26 birds were collected in all and many remained. Birds collected: tephrocotis 11, littoralis 6, atrata 1, australis 4, + 4 campestris type intermediates. At 4:20pm there were a few birds feeding on the ground near the barn + many others roosting in cliff swallow nests located inside the barn along the ceiling center rafters. We drove back out the dirt road + looked at a barn near where it joins the highway (1 mi. s. & 0.8 mi. west of Jefferson). Five birds were Feeding on a bare patch of ground outside an open side door of the barn. These were collected (2 tephrocotis, 2 littoralis, + one campestris type). Inside the barn every rafter along the crest of the roof [illegible] was occupied by 2 rosy finches, one in each corner {2 birds. Some rafters held cliff swallow nests + in that case the