Cobirders,
Bear Creek Nature Center hosted is mostly annual Spring Bird Count this morning. Birding wasn't great, but it wasn't bad either. We had 68 species for the morning. By far the best bird seen by Rise" Foster-Bruder, Neil Basdekas and Paula Megorden was a male Blue-winged Warbler along the Creekbottom Trail the goes upstream from the nature center. They found the bird around 7:30 a.m. Several of us were unsuccessful in trying to refind the bird between 10:45 and 12:30. The stables around Penrose Stadium had over two hundred Chipping Sparrows, 40 or more Lark Sparrows, 12 Clay-colored Sparrows, a few White-crowned Sparrows and two Lark Buntings. The buntings were a surprise for us. Other good birds included Cassin's and Plumbeous Vireos, Orange-crowned Warblers, Virginia Warblers, and several dozen Yellow-rumped Warblers; Green-tailed Towhee, Cordilleran Flycatcher and other Empids; Swainson's and Hermit Thrush; Broad-winged Hawk,Northern Goshawk and finally two seemingly late Dark-eyed Juncos. Good Birding! Ken Pals 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en