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Journal
153
R.E. Johnson
1969
Feb. 9 Grabby, Grand Co., Colorado to Roosevelt, Duchesne Co., Utah
I returned to the Fraser dump and so did the other people at a feverish pace. I managed to collect 2 more Rosy Finches & a Black-capped Chickadee at 10:30 AM.
I returned again to Granby at about noon. At a ranch se of town there were many Magpies, Starlings & English Sparrows. At another ranch nw of town Starlings, Magpies & Red-winged Blackbirds were common. There were 2 Black-capped Chickadees at the Dump at 12:45 PM & I collected one. Two miles west of Granby there was a flock of 12 Rosy finches forking along the roadside.
At a ranch near Hot Sulphur Springs there were Black-capped Chickadees & Black-billed Magpies.
I drove back & forth through Kremmling looking for houses with bird feeders and found none. I also checked 2 ranches. The only birds seen were Black-capped Chickadees, Black-billed Magpies & English Sparrows. Starlings, Ravens & a flock of 25 Rosy Finches were seen at the Kremmling Dump between 3:30 PM & 4:10 PM.
I collected 10 tephrocatis, 2 littoralis & 1 australis.
(See map on next page for location). I continued up The Back Troublesome Creek Rd another 4.7 miles to a house owned by the Ritchards. I had been told by a ranchers wife in Kremmling that Mrs. Richards has noted some pink winged birds near her house this winter & that she had never seen them before this year. Mrs. Richards was not home but one of her sons was there taking care of the place. He reported that