COBirders, 28 enthusiastic birders split into 4 groups for the annual Fountain Creek Regional Park spring count. There were good numbers of migrants combining for 80 species. Highlights included Northern Parula and Chestnut-sided Warblers, Northern Waterthrush, Brown Thrasher, and record-high 4 Yellow-breasted Chats.
Compared with count record highs in 2009 and 2011 of 116 species (planets almost aligned....), we were 4.5 species below the 28-year average of 84.5 species for the spring count. Chestnut-sided Warblers and Pintail were recorded for the second time ever on the count. Species high-counts for Pine Siskin and Spotted Towhee were of note. Thanks to Dianna Beatty for helping with the compilation! Steve Getty Colorado Springs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/DM6PR06MB39945DFB379353808D14A969D49D0%40DM6PR06MB3994.namprd06.prod.outlook.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
