The Black Canyon Audubon Society offered a birding/conservation field trip this morning. Dennis Garrison, Rick ?, and I birded the park this morning from 7 to 9 am.
Here are the highlights we found (in no particular order): Bushtits - 2 Bald Eagle - one adult (it is getting late for an adult to be in Delta County. Are they nesting somewhere on the Gunnison or Uncompahgre River near the park?) Tree Swallows - about 350 or so Cliff Swallows - about 10 Bank Swallows - about 5 Barn Swallows - about 25 Great-tailed Grackle - after their mysterious disappearance this winter it was interesting to see one male. Franklin's Gull - 2 Osprey - 2 Cedar Waxwing - about 12 Yellow-rumped Warblers - about 6 (both Audubons and Myrtle's) Red-breasted Mergansers - 2 female Marsh Wren - about 8 singing males White-faced Ibis - about 45 or so Bewick's Wrens - about 4 singing males Bonaparte's Gull - 2 After birding we were joined by about 8 others and wrapped approximately 30 or so cottonwood trees with chicken wire in areas where beavers are hard at work deforesting the riparian area along the Gunnison River. Thanks for the help to the volunteers that showed up. Good work! Jason Beason Paonia - Delta County --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.php You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
