COBirders, 28 enthusiastic birders split into 4 groups for the annual Fountain Creek Regional Park spring count. There were good numbers of migrants combining for 80 species. Highlights included Northern Parula and Chestnut-sided Warblers, Northern Waterthrush, Brown Thrasher, and record-high 4 Yellow-breasted Chats.
Compared with count record highs in 2009 and 2011 of 116 species (planets almost aligned....), we were 4.5 species below the 28-year average of 84.5 species for the spring count. Chestnut-sided Warblers and Pintail were recorded for the second time ever on the count. Species high-counts for Pine Siskin and Spotted Towhee were of note. Thanks to Dianna Beatty for helping with the compilation! Steve Getty 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/DM6PR06MB39945DFB379353808D14A969D49D0%40DM6PR06MB3994.namprd06.prod.outlook.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
