[cobirds] RFI: Eastern Colorado

Hello,

In the next week or two, I will be making a birding trip through Eastern Colorado, for migrants and local specialties. I will be driving from Laramie, WY, with the final destination of Cottonwood Canyon in SE Colorado. Targets for the trip Mississippi Kite, Black Rail, and Lewis's Woodpecker, along with any rare or uncommon migrant warblers, herps, and other interesting fauna.

My questions are as followed

1) What would people consider the key/best migrant traps along this route? I will be stopping at Wyoming Hereford Ranch, but have only limited experience birding Colorado in migration. I have checked out the county birding page of the CFO, which lists lots of places, but I will probably only have 4 days, so I can't hit up each and every migrant spot.

2) Are there any places either in SE Colorado or adjacent Colorado where I can find Lesser Prairie Chicken without visiting a Lek? I know the campo lek is closed, and I seldom here of many reports away from leks in peak breeding season.

3) On a nonbird note, does anyone have any recommendations for a good site for Spotted Ground Squirrel? This has been a nemesis mammal for me, and I would be interested if anyone has any proven sites in Eastern Colorado for this critter

Any other help would also be appreciated, especially on target birds, would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance for any assistance, and please feel free to contact me off list if responses are not considered appropriate for the list.

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Morgan Churchill
Laramie, Wyoming

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