On 13 July 2019 Jimena Golcher-Benavides joined Brian Waitkus during the hike to the Gap Lakes in the Snowy Range. The unusually large amount of snow this year required walking into the area from Highway 130 doubling the normal length of the hike and could have resulted in the lower number of birds being sighted. During the walk into the area we reviewed the calls of the Brown-capped Rosy-finch. While at the south slope of North Gap Lake we heard one Rosy-Finch call but were unable to sight the bird. In addition to the Rosy-finch call we recorded numerous robin and White crowned sparrow with fewer American Pipit. One male Peregrine falcon, one male Northern harrier and two Northern flicker were also observed. Despite the snow and the lower number of birds being observed the great weather gave us a wonderful day in the mountains.
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| One of the many drifts across the road leading to the Sugarloaf Recreation Area trailhead (photo courtesy of Brian Waitkus) |
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