The Denver Fall Count at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal NationalWildlife Refuge recorded 1748 birds of 90 species – same number of species asin the past two years but 121 more birds than last year but 500 fewer than2009, which had lots more sparrows. This count included 6 Barn and 3 Burrowing Owls, 41 WesternWood-Pewees, 65 Pied-billed Grebes, and 13 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, one feedinga fledgling. It included 42raptors of 9 species (or one more of each if Turkey Vulture qualifies); 14species of waterfowl -- 450 ducks & geese; 251 sparrows of the usual 8species, almost the same as last year (247) but barely more than half of 2009’stotal. We found only 4 species of warblers, 2 vireos, and 2 shorebirds.
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