Fellow Birders,
Thirty-two people participated in the 21st annual Fountain Creek Regional Park
Spring Bird Count that occured today. Most of the birding took place between
the hours of 7:30 and 10:30 a.m., but several other birds were added later in
the day while many of the participants chased great birds found earlier by
other groups. All birds reported except one were seen by more than one
participant. Ninety-nine species were seen, but I have not yet totaled the
gross number of individual birds. My hunch is that the numbers are lower than
normal. If anyone is in the park over the next three days, I'd be interested
in any new "week of" birds.
Following is a list of best birds and possibly some FOS birds for this park:
White Pelican - 2
Snowy Egret - 2
Green Heron - 1
Virginia Rail - 2
Sora - 1
American Avocet - 2
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Olive-sided Flycatcher - 1
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo - 1
All six swallow species
Mountain Chickadee
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Swainson's Thrush
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Brown Thrasher - 1
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler - few
Yellow Warbler - quite a few
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male, many observers, near the gazebo east of
the waterfall/headgate to the irrigation ditch
Yellow-rumped Warbler - many, but not lots
Black-throated Gray Warbler - 1 male, many observers, in the woods at the
northeast side of Cottonwood Meadows where a house use to be.
Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 male, seen by all 4 members of Bob Goycoolea's team,
but not refound later
Northern Waterthrush - a couple
Green-tailed Towhee -
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Great-tailed Grackle - 2
Pine Siskin
Good birding. It sure made up for last week Saturday when I only picked up
about 40 species. Of course, more eyes and ears help. Feel free to respond if
you have any questions regarding specific locations of where birds were seen.
Ken Pals
Colorado Springs
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