COBirders, Today 28 birders participated in the annual Bear Creek Regional Park spring count in Colorado Springs. Two species were new for the count (Evening Grosbeak, Lewis Woodpecker), and N. Goshawk was spotted for the second time since count started in 1995 (3rd Saturday of May).
In recent years we've had super eastern warbler rarities on this count, but not today (sad face). Total numbers of birds, many that migrate through this riparian corridor/park, were down about 40% compared with the mean for the last 7 years. Similarly, the total count of 63 species was below the mean the last 7 yrs of 68 species (for comparison, last year 87 species was a record high for this spring count). Given the surge last Sunday - Tuesday in Colorado Springs region, we may be between migrant pulses here (e.g., no tanagers today). Get ready for next week!? Cordially, 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/CY1PR0601MB1374BC7B9C51E07D436039FBF8C50%40CY1PR0601MB1374.namprd06.prod.outlook.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
