Harris' Sparrow. Visited Fountain Regional Park for the express purpose of finding Harris' Sparrow ... life bird for me. After about 45 minutes at the Nature Center, he finally came to the feeder on the north side of the center. Always on the ground, he spent nearly 10 minutes scratching and feeding. Great sight. Male adult with winter plumage, but super black "dickie." The volunteers at the nature center say he is also a regular to the area near the air conditioners on the south side. Closed Sunday, so bring your own seed.
Virginia Rail. We took the nature trail south of the center. It curves back to the north after a few hundred feet and the makes an east-west crossing over a narrow creek along a bridge with no railings. On the south east side of that bridge about 10 feet from it, a Virginia Rail sat in the full sun for 10 minutes preening. Best look I have ever had of this rail. Ross' Goose. Continue north along the nature trail about 0.3 mile and cross the spillway. The next lake to the north is Rice pond. There, intermixed with 200 Canada Geese was a single Ross' Goose ... blazing white against the others. Lots of the usual other species. Other birders in the area got a look at a Bald Eagle in flight, but we did not see it Rick Taylor Colorado Springs El Paso County -- Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- 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.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
