[cobirds] Fountain Creek Reg Park - 39 species

My wife and I did a birding by bike trip along the Fountain Creek Regional trail.

 

Ran into Bill Maynard who put me on a new bird for this park, for me: gray catbird. Thanks Bill.

 

Of note:

 

·         Snowy Egrets (2)

·         Black-crowned Night-Heron

·         Wilson’s Phalarope

·         Loads of yellow-rumps; both races; couldn’t find another species of warbler.

·         Lots of house wrens

 

Complete list below.

 

Jeff J Jones

(jjones@jonestc.com)

Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands

 

FIRST SIGHTINGS: World: 0, Location: 4

Species: 39 - Subspecies: 2 - Forms: 41

Total Records: 41

 

NAME                                        SCIENTIFIC NAME             

Canada Goose                                Branta canadensis           

Wood Duck                                   Aix sponsa                  

Gadwall                                     Anas strepera               

American Wigeon                             Anas americana              

Mallard                                     Anas platyrhynchos          

Blue-winged Teal [l]                        Anas discors                

Northern Shoveler                           Anas clypeata               

Green-winged Teal                           Anas crecca                 

Common Merganser                            Mergus merganser             

Pied-billed Grebe                           Podilymbus podiceps         

Great Blue Heron                            Ardea herodias              

Snowy Egret [l]                             Egretta thula               

Black-crowned Night-Heron                   Nycticorax nycticorax       

Turkey Vulture                              Cathartes aura              

Red-tailed Hawk                             Buteo jamaicensis           

American Coot                               Fulica americana             

Killdeer                                    Charadrius vociferus        

Wilson's Phalarope [l]                      Phalaropus tricolor         

Eurasian Collared-Dove                      Streptopelia decaocto       

Mourning Dove                               Zenaida macroura            

Belted Kingfisher                           Megaceryle alcyon           

Downy Woodpecker                            Picoides pubescens          

Northern Flicker                            Colaptes auratus            

Blue Jay                                    Cyanocitta cristata         

Black-billed Magpie                         Pica hudsonia               

Barn Swallow                                Hirundo rustica             

Black-capped Chickadee                      Poecile atricapillus        

White-breasted Nuthatch                     Sitta carolinensis          

House Wren                                  Troglodytes aedon           

American Robin                              Turdus migratorius          

Gray Catbird [l]                            Dumetella carolinensis      

European Starling                           Sturnus vulgaris            

Yellow-rumped Warbler                       Setophaga coronata          

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) coronata     Setophaga coronata coronata 

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) auduboni  Setophaga coronata auduboni 

Song Sparrow                                Melospiza melodia           

White-crowned Sparrow                       Zonotrichia leucophrys      

Red-winged Blackbird                        Agelaius phoeniceus         

Western Meadowlark                          Sturnella neglecta          

Common Grackle                              Quiscalus quiscula           

House Finch                                 Haemorhous mexicanus        

 

Birder's Diary - www.BirdersDiary.com - 4/28/2013