Cobirders,
We had a very good day at Fountain Creek Regional Park's Spring Bird Count. Twenty-eight birders participated in the count from 7:30 - 10:30 and several of us birded into mid-afternoon refinding good birds and seeing additional species. Right now we are at 98 species for the day, including 11 warblers. If we counted Wild Turkey tracks and an unidentified Empid we would be at 100. We also have completely missed some species such as Ped-billed Grebe, Cliff Swallow, Ruby-crowned Kinglet ... I do not have all the numbers added up yet. The numbers listed below are fairly accurate. We also like to include birds sighted for the three days before and three days after. If any has any new birds to add to the list, please send me an e-mail. Best species for the day are: Western Grebe 1 American White Pelican 4 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Spotted Sandpiper - 6+ Least Sandpiper - 1 Semi-palmated Sandpiper - 1 Least Flycatcher - 2+ Ash-throated Flycatcher - 1 Area 7 south end of park Eastern Kingbird - 1 Bushtit - 1 Marsh Wren - 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Swainson's Thrush - many Hermit Thrush - a few Gray Catbird - 1 Orange-crowned Warbler - several Virginia's Warbler - 1 Area 5 Yellow Warbler - many Magnolia Warbler -2 Area 3 and 4 Yellow-rumped Warbler - many, but not like last week Black-and-white Warbler - 1 reported by a couple from Texas this afternoon, Area 4 American Redstart - 1 Area 4 Northern Waterthrush - 1 Area 7 Common Yellowthroat - 2+ Wilson's Warbler - not many Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 Area 5 Summer Tanager -1 (reported earlier on Cobirds by Dave Elwonger) Area 4 Scarlet Tanager -1 Area 2 Green-tailed Towhee - 3+ Chipping Sparrows - lots Clay-colored Sparrow - 2+ Area 5 Lark Sparrow - Lincoln's Sparrow - 2+ Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed race) -1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 Area 1 Lazuli Bunting - 8+ Indigo Bunting - 2 Area 4 & 7 Great-tailed Grackle - 1 Pine Siskin - Good Birding, Ken Pals El Paso County Parks --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.php 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 this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
