Cobirders,
Yesterday, Fountain Creek Nature Center hosted 19th annual fall bird count for
Fountain Creek Regional Park with 33 people participating in five teams. We
had roughly 77 species for the day which was down from the high eighties of the
past two years.
We had a new species added to the park list with a flyby flock of 27 Pinyon
Jays.
Birds by groups included:
Canada Goose, Wood Duck, Mallard, Blue-winged Teal, N Shoveler
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Green Heron, Great Blue Heron, BC Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
N Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Am. Kestrel
Wild Turkey
Killdeer, Spotted Sandpiper
Rock Pigeon, Euro. Collared-Dove, Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Black-chinned & Broad-tailed Hummingbirds
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker, Hairy WP, Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher, W Wood-Pewee, Cordilleran Flycatcher, Say's Phoebe,
Western Kingbird
Plumbeous Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Western-Scrub-Jay, Pinyon Jay, Blue Jay, BB MAgpie, AM. Crow
Barn Swallow
BC Chickadee
Bushtit
WB Nuthatch
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Euro Starling
Orange-crowned, Yellow, Townsend's, MacGillivray's Warblers, N Waterthrush,
Common Yellowthroat & Yellow-breasted Chat.
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee, Chipping, Brewers, Vesper, Lark, Song & Lincoln's Sparrows
Blue Grosbeak, Lazuli Bunting
Red-winged, Yellow-headed & Brewer's Blackbirds, Common Grackle, Western
Meadowlark and BH Cowbird
House Finch, Pine Siskin, Lesser and American Goldfinch
House Sparrow.
If you happened to bird in the park during the week of (Wednesday, Sept. 8
through Tuesday, Sept. 14, I'd be happy to hear of your report. There were a
few "should see" species that we missed on count day that I'd like to add to
the week of list. And of course, I'd like to hear about any rarities as species
seem to move in and out almost every day.
Good Birding,
Ken Pals
Colorado Springs
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