Hi all, My uncle Van Truan and I covered the entire northern half of the Lake Isabel CBC circle all day today. This included the town of Beulah, Pueblo Mountain Park, Hwy 78 west and east of Beulah, a few miles of North Creek and Siloam Roads N of Hwy 78, all of 3R Road, and all of Waterbarral Road. We ended up with 45 species of birds. Our highlights were: one Acorn Woodpecker (new for the count), two Williamson's Sapsuckers (male and female), a Harris's Sparrow,a Chihuahuan Raven, the only Juniper Titmouse (3), Bushtit (6), Bewick's Wren, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Western Meadowlark (3), Northern Shrike and Golden Eagle for the count. Other nice numbers for our area were: 167 Wild Turkeys, three Ferruginous and two Rough-legged Hawks, 104 American Crows (1 was totally albino!), 108 Mountain Chickadees, 87 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 111 Mountain Bluebirds, 41 Townsend's Solitaires, and 11 Cassin's Finches.
Dave Silverman (the compiler of the Lake Isabel CBC), and other birders covered the southern half of the circle, which includes the towns of Colorado City, Rye, and Lake Isabel. Some of their highlights were Wood Duck, Northern Goshawk, and Pine Grosbeaks. I think the total species counts is around 67 species. Thanks to everyone who was able to help on CBCs in Colorado this season! Happy New Year and Good birding, Brandon Percival Colorado CBC Regional Editor Pueblo West, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
