Forgot also to add an *American Dipper *in Manitou Springs yesterday (4/29), at the north end of downtown along Fountain Creek. This seemed especially strange as they are digging out sediment in the creekbed, so there was heavy machinery within 20 ft. up- and downstream and the water was murky as can be.
Lee Farese CO Springs On Wednesday, April 30, 2014 1:39:29 PM UTC-6, Lee Farese wrote: > > Hi All, > > This is primarily I would think of local interest. No rarities to speak > of, but there have been many birds around the Springs recently worth > mentioning. > > Monday (4/28) there were two *Hermit Thrushes *at the Colorado College > Farm. I found several *Cooper's Hawks*: a nesting pair on CC campus, an > adult male with a kill in Shooks Run Park, and two (one with a kill) in > Williams Canyon north of Manitou Springs. In Williams Canyon there were two > unexpected *Osprey* as there is hardly any water here (so likely flying > up to Rampart Resevoir)—one perched on a pinyon up on the rim for an hour > or so. At least one *Prairie Falcon* was also around, as well as several > *Blue-gray > Gnatcatchers*, and *Yellow-rumps *(which seem to be everywhere recently), > *Towhees*, a pair of *Gray-headed Juncos*, *Red-breasted Nuthatch*, and > several *Broad-tailed Hummingbirds*. Found also my first blooming > Paintbrush (*Castilleja*) and Bluebells (*Mertensia*) of Spring. > > Tuesday (4/29) Middle Shooks Run had an *Orange-crowned Warbler* along > with the many *Yellow-rumps *around the park recently. Also a *Brown > Creeper*. In the evening another *Cooper's Hawk *pair along W. Cheyenne > Blvd. and a *Turkey Vulture* roost. > > This morning (Wednesday 4/30) I walked in Sondermann Park which was very > full of birds. Incredible amounts of *Yellow-rumps *(mostly *Audubon's*but a > few > *Myrtle's* too), at least three *Orange-crowneds*, *Kinglets*, and many > (at least 15) *Blue-gray Gnatcatchers* comprised most of the songbirds. > The highlights were my first shining *Bullock's Oriole* of the season at > the far north end of the park and a *Peregrine* perched on a snag eating > breakfast (a Mourning Dove). Also around were *Blue Jays*, singing *House > Wrens*,* Cowbirds*,* Broad-tailed Hummingbirds*, a pair of *Mountain > Chickadees* along with the *Black-caps*, a *Red-tail*, *Towhees*, *Song > Sparrow*, many *Downy Woodpeckers*, and of course countless > *Mourning Doves*, *Robins* and *Flickers*. > > I think that's all. Hope everyone is enjoying the spring. > > Happy Trails, > Lee Farese > CO 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/207d962b-3cc6-4545-8f10-d7f3cd57e956%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
