Hello, Birders. Lots of great birds were found during the inaugural Pikes Peak Birding & Nature Festival, held this past Friday-Sunday, May 8-10. And extraordinary weather; at one point on Saturday, Colorado Springs was simultaneously under five different National Weather Service warnings! I was on the Saturday, May 9 field trip to Pueblo County, and the Sunday, May 10 field trip to Fountain Creek Regional Park. Highlights:
Rock Canyon, below Pueblo Reservoir, Pueblo County, May 9. *red-headed woodpecker; gray flycatcher; black-and-white warbler.* Pueblo City Park, Pueblo County, May 9. 2 *green herons.* Fountain Creek Regional Park, El Paso County, May 10. 12 species of warblers, including *northern waterthrush, Tennessee warbler, black-throated blue warbler,* and *palm warbler; broad-winged hawk* and *peregrine falcon; least flycatcher* and gray flycatcher; *eastern bluebird;* and *rose-breasted grosbeak.* On the drive back to Boulder County Sunday afternoon, I stopped by Sondermann Park, El Paso County, where Allan Burns and I saw a broad-winged hawk and 2 gray flycatchers. Oh, and I heard a northern waterthrush this sunny (what! sun? what's that?) Monday morning, May 11, at Greenlee Preserve, Boulder County. *Links to photos:* curve-billed thrasher, Pueblo Reservoir, http://tinyurl.com/CBTh-2015-05-09 scaled quail, Pueblo Reservoir, http://tinyurl.com/ScQu-2015-05-09 rock wren, Pueblo Reservoir, http://tinyurl.com/RoWr-2015-05-09 olive-sided flycatcher, Rock Canyon, http://tinyurl.com/OSFl-2015-05-09 gray flycatcher, Rock Canyon, http:///tinyurl.com/GrFl-2015-05-09 Cassin kingbird, Rock Canyon, http://tinyurl.com/CaKi-2015-05-09 Bewick wren, Rock Canyon, http://tinyurl.com/BeWr-2015-05-09 green heron, Pueblo City Park, http://tinyurl.com/GrHe-2015-05-09 rose-breasted grosbeak, Fountain Creek, http://tinyurl.com/RBGr-2015-05-10 Audubon warbler, Fountain Creek, http://tinyurl.com/AuWa-2015-05-10 broad-tailed hummingbird, Fountain Creek, http://tinyurl.com/BTlH-2015-05-10 northern waterthrush, Fountain Creek, http://tinyurl.com/NoWa-2015-05-10 solitary sandpiper, Fountain Creek, http://tinyurl.com/SoSa-2015-05-10a gray flycatcher, Sondermann Park, http://tinyurl.com/GrFl-2015-05-10 *Links to audio:* curve-billed thrasher, Pueblo Reservoir, http://www.xeno-canto.org/241097 Bewick wren, Rock Canyon, http://www.xeno-canto.org/241099 black-throated blue warbler, Fountain Creek, http://www.xeno-canto.org/241102 northern waterthrush, Fountain Creek, http://www.xeno-canto.org/241101 *Links to eBird checklists:* Pueblo Reservoir, May 9, http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23376900 Rock Canyon, May 9, http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23376944 Pueblo City Park, May 9, http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23377056 Fountain Creek Regional Park, May 10, http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23376871 Sondermann Park, May 10, http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23376884 Ted Floyd Lafayette, Bouder County -- 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/69ad3f21-6ae4-4ce5-af11-9be52dc0d969%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
