Near the Soda Lakes boat launch, in the scrub around the parking lot, we found
an immature female Blackburnian Warbler and two Nashville Warblers among the
many Yellow-rumps. Bullocks Orioles, Yellow Warblers, a House Wren, grackles,
robins, red-wings, among others.
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COBirders,
Today, 25 birders participated in the 20th Bear Creek Park spring bird count in
Colorado Springs. A species count of 86 was a record, and 13 warbler species
were very impressive. The best bird was male Black-throated Green Warbler at
the Bear Creek Nature Center (did not sing;
COBirders,
Bear Creek Park in Colorado Springs was very birdy this morning, particularly
down by the community gardens at 21st.
Summer Tanager (young male; green secondaries/tertials) at park HQ grove (21st
St.) hanging out at bee hive (latter is in a cavity in downed tree parallel to
creek