Wow. Jeanne and I were at Turkey Creek Ranch, south of Colorado Springs on Hwy 115 for 4 hours today.
We have never seen anything like the Lewis's Woodpeckers at Turkey Creek Ranch. We saw them in 3 different parts of the ranch, and I think the 35 number may have been close or a little low. We got very good looks at them, especially from two different picnic areas. There were sparrows there by the hundreds. I wish my sparrow ID skills were better, because I am sure I missed some in the crowds of chipping and lark sparrows.
We spoke to the facilities manager, Stephanie Kowaluk, and she said she would love to have birders report their sightings to her so that she can begin compiling a checklist for the ranch.
Let me know if you have any questions about TCR. Below is our eBird report for the morning. Good birding. Mel and Jeanne Goff Turkey Vulture 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Kestrel 3 Broad-tailed Hummingbird 3 Lewis's Woodpecker 35 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 3 Olive-sided Flycatcher 5 Western Wood-Pewee 6 Say's Phoebe 6 Western Kingbird 8 Plumbeous Vireo 1 Warbling Vireo 3 Western Scrub-Jay 16 Black-billed Magpie 11 American Crow 7 Common Raven 3 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3 Violet-green Swallow 3 Barn Swallow 25 Cliff Swallow 14 Black-capped Chickadee 3 Bushtit 21 White-breasted Nuthatch 7 House Wren 3 Western Bluebird 40 American Robin 15 Gray Catbird 2 European Starling 7 Yellow Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 25 Spotted Towhee 1 Cassin's Sparrow 5 Chipping Sparrow 250 Lark Sparrow 40 Common Grackle 6 Bullock's Oriole 1 House Finch 30 American Goldfinch 4 Evening Grosbeak 2 House Sparrow 6 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobi...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
