Yesterday I stopped by Last Chance and it almost broke my heart. Much of the town and importantly, it's famous migrant trap, was burned out by a wildfire on June 25. The fire burned 45, 000 acres. The pond is still present but all of the ground foliage and leaves on trees and shrubs are gone. Here are some photos of what Last Chance looks like now:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kingbird42/7600278124/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/kingbird42/7600278728/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/kingbird42/7600277758/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/kingbird42/7600277226/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/kingbird42/7600280366/ The last photo is of the prairie around Last Chance. As you can see, as a result of recent rain, it already looks green and healthy. I wonder if Last Chance will ever be a migrant stop- over in future years. Time will tell. Here are the birds I saw in about 30 minutes of birding there: House Sparrows 25 Western Kingbird 15 Brown Thrasher 3 House Finch 3 Lark Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird 3 Robin 2 Cliff Swallow 8 Kildeer 3 Barn Swallow 8 Eurasian Collared Doves 5 Does anyone know if trees that have lost their leaves and are scorched on the outside have any chance of surviving. Gary Koehn Colorado Springs -- 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.
