Monday, 6 May 2013

[cobirds] El Paso County birds

We did  bit of birding around Falcon/Peyton, EPC, yesterday and thought this may be of interest to local birders
 
Ditch west of the pond off Stapleton Rd (Stapleton and Lambert):
Willet : 9
Baird's Sandpiper : 2
Solitary Sandpiper :1
Least Sandpiper : 3
Wilson's Phalarope : 7-8
Lesser Yellowlegs :1
Spotted Sandpiper :2
Unidentified peep, possibly Western ???
Kildeer :3
White-faced Ibis :2
Common and ducks and teals, Canada geese
Kestrel :2
Peregrine Falcon :1 Fly-over
Cooper's Hawk :1
Savannah Sparrow : near the pond
Brewer's Sparrow : above pond in the grass
 
Pond west of the ditch
Eared Grebes : +15
Western Grebes : 5-6
Wilson's Phalaropes : 4-5
 
Big Johnson Reservoir
Huge num,ber of waterfowl
Bonaparte's Gull : 4
 
Good birding,
Cecile (Cici) Lee, Elbert, CO
 
"He'd be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly"
John Denver, Rocky Mountain High
 

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