Hello birders, Around 2:15 this afternoon, Bryan Patrick re-found the Winter Wren at Fountain Creek Regional Park, El Paso County; it was in the dry irrigation ditch, not very far from the waterfall; I was walking on the east side of the ditch when Bryan pointed to a bush from the ditch; I had a few obstructed, quick glimpses then it flew to the other side of the ditch, under the vegetation overhanging the bank; within a few seconds, it came out, "posed" on a rock and I had a great view of it : brown above, pale throat and chest, white speckles, rufous tail; it had called earlier but I don't know the difference between the eastern and the pacific subspecies's call; it seemed to have a harsher alarm call than its regular call. We came to the conclusion that this was an eastern Winter Wren. Bryan took a picture of the bird.
On my way back, I went to the bridge between the Nature Center Pond and the North Pond hoping to see the Swamp Sparrow; no sparrow but there was a Marsh Wren in the cattails south of the bridge. Cecile Lee Elbert, CO -- Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ 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
