FW: [cobirds] El Paso County Birds today

Oops. I may be the only one to see 7 species of swallow in a single day in Colorado – IF it were true. Typo! That should have read as "6 species", which is what I did list in the complete list at the bottom of my email. Thanks for catching that folks.

 

Jeff J Jones

(jjones@jonestc.com)

Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands

 

 

On May 1, 2016, at 10:15 PM, Jeff J Jones <JJones@JonesTC.com> wrote:

 

4 of us took one of our favorite El Paso Co loops today: Big Johnson Reservoir (conditions were terse), Squirrel Creek Rd (and pond/reservoir), Chico Basin Ranch (pond at HQ).

 

Highlights were:

 

·         2 Peregrine Falcons

·         3 Great Horned Owl nests with young in or nearby each of them

·         Bonaparte's Gull (Big J)

·         Swainson's Hawks copulating on fence post; 3 different morphs of Swainson's Hawks seen. Dark chocolate, rufous, and standard.

·         7 species of swallow all in one county in Colorado on same day. Not bad.

·         Cassin's Kingbird out on Squirrel Creek Rd.

 

Jeff J Jones

(jjones@jonestc.com)

Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands

 

 

Species: 63 - Subspecies: 0 - Forms: 63

Total Records: 63

 

 

BUNTINGS, SPARROWS AND ALLIES - 3

Spotted Towhee                 

Vesper Sparrow                 

White-crowned Sparrow          

 

CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES - 2

Black-billed Magpie            

Common Raven                   

 

DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL - 11

Canada Goose                   

Gadwall                        

American Wigeon                

Blue-winged Teal               

Northern Shoveler              

Canvasback                     

Ring-necked Duck               

Lesser Scaup                   

Bufflehead                     

Red-breasted Merganser         

Ruddy Duck                     

 

FALCONS AND CARACARAS - 2

American Kestrel               

Peregrine Falcon               

 

GREBES - 4

Pied-billed Grebe              

Horned Grebe                   

Eared Grebe                    

Western Grebe                  

 

GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS - 4

Bonaparte's Gull               

Franklin's Gull                

Ring-billed Gull               

Forster's Tern                 

 

HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES - 2

Swainson's Hawk                

Red-tailed Hawk                

 

HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS - 1

Great Blue Heron               

 

LARKS - 1

Horned Lark                    

 

MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS - 1

Curve-billed Thrasher          

 

NEW WORLD QUAIL - 1

Scaled Quail                   

 

OLD WORLD SPARROWS - 1

House Sparrow                  

 

OWLS - 2

Great Horned Owl               

Burrowing Owl                  

 

PIGEONS AND DOVES - 3

Rock Pigeon                    

Eurasian Collared-Dove         

Mourning Dove                  

 

PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS - 1

Killdeer                       

 

RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS - 2

Sora                           

American Coot                  

 

SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES - 3

Spotted Sandpiper              

Willet                         

Wilson's Phalarope             

 

SHRIKES - 1

Loggerhead Shrike              

 

STARLINGS - 1

European Starling              

 

SWALLOWS - 6

Tree Swallow                   

Violet-green Swallow           

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  

Bank Swallow                   

Cliff Swallow                  

Barn Swallow                   

 

THRUSHES AND ALLIES - 4

Western Bluebird               

Mountain Bluebird              

Hermit Thrush                  

American Robin                 

 

TROUPIALS AND ALLIES - 4

Red-winged Blackbird           

Western Meadowlark             

Yellow-headed Blackbird        

Brewer's Blackbird             

 

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS - 2

Say's Phoebe                   

Cassin's Kingbird              

 

WOODPECKERS - 1

Ladder-backed Woodpecker       

 

Birder's Diary - www.BirdersDiary.com - 5/1/2016

 

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