Hello, COBirders,
Today 47 birders participated in the annual Fountain Creek Spring Bird Count, recording 79 species. This was a bit lower than species totals from previous spring counts. We also have large shoes to fill with Ken Pals moving to Fort Collins, after leading this count for many years!
Rarities were largely in the south of the park, including a Black-and-White Warbler and Brown Thrasher (Mel/Jeanne Goff and team, Area 7/ponds). A Black-throated Gray Warbler joined the “day of” list in PM (Bob Harnish/Chuck Koehler). Other uncommon or neat-to-find species for this count included Lewis Woodpecker, Bewick’s Wren, N. Waterthrush, and Great Egret. The latter hasn’t been on count in a decade, and the 4 previous records (since ’91) were singles. Interestingly, a minimum of 3 were moving throughout the park today (seen by different groups).
*REMINDER: Bear Creek Park Spring Count, Colorado Springs, Saturday, May 17, 7:00-11:00 AM. Please email me with questions about participating (Steve.Getty AT ColoradoCollege.edu). This is a really nice count that regularly has some gems.
Cordially,
Steve Getty
Colorado Springs
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