This cache is not available Jan 1 until June 15. The area is closed for elk calving season.
This cache sounds like something illegal, but it’s not. Please don’t park along the narrow road. A 660 meter flight to the cache from the parking lot justifies the rating. Enjoy!
Valid hunting or fishing license required!
This geocache is located on a State Wildlife Area or CPW-leased State Trust Land. A valid hunting or fishing license is required to access and recreate on this property. All other rules and regulations by Colorado Parks & Wildlife apply. Learn more at
https://cpw.state.co.us.
The flammulated owl (Psiloscops flammeolus) is a small, nocturnal owl approximately 6 inches long with a 14 inch wingspan. Males and females can be distinguished by their weight. The owl gets the name flammulated from the flame like markings on its face. It breeds from southern British Columbia and the western United States to central Mexico. It is a neotropical migrant and winters south of the United States but also in Southern Texas, Arizona, and California (Verna,). Unlike many owls, they are migratory, leaving Canada and the United States in the fall. In the winter, they are found in northern Central America, from southern Mexico to Guatemala and El Salvador. Flammulated owls leave their breeding grounds in August to head to their wintering areas and then return to their breeding grounds in late April and early May (Samson, 2005). The flammulated owl is similar in appearance to the western screech owl but is only about one-quarter the mass, lacks large ear tufts (but has small ear tufts that are barely visible), has dark eyes and a different voice. The call is a series of relatively deep single or double hoots.
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