COBirders, This past Friday and Saturday mornings I led my Birding for Beginners participants to locations at Fountain Creek Nature Center, the TinselTownPond off of I-25 and Circle Dr., Prospect Lake and Big Johnson Reservoir in El Paso County. We had a few good birds each day seeing 50 species on Friday morning and 63 species on Saturday morning between the hours of 7 & 11 AM.
It was especially fun for the participants to see Osprey and Bald Eagle catching fish at Prospect Lake. Today, we saw a Bald Eagle snatch a fish and fly off south. A half hour later we were able to observe the eagles feeding fish to its two chicks on the nest at Fountain Valley School. I far as I know this might be the first ever successful Bald Eagle nest in El Paso County if these birds are successful in fledging young. Best birds for Friday: 1 - Lincoln's Sparrow - Fountain Creek Nature Center 1 - Clark's Grebe - Prospect Lake 2 - Osprey - Prospect Lake 1 - Bald Eagle - Prospect Lake Best birds for Saturday: 1 - Savannah Sparrow - Prospect Lake 2 - Harris's Sparrow - Fountain Creek Nature Center Most of the species were waterfowl and other water birds. Also a smattering of migrants: Horned and Eared Grebes, Western Grebes, Am. White Pelicans, Double-crested Cormorant, Turkey Vulture, Franklin's Gull, Say's Phoebe, all the swallows except for Cliff, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Common & Great-tailed Grackles. Fun birding, Ken Pals Colorado Springs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
