This past Wednesday we had 38 gracious volunteers participate in the 13th Fountain Creek Christmas Bird Count. It started out a brisk and count-record-cold 5 degrees Fahrenheit but was pleasantly in the 40s eventually. The ground was mostly snow covered.
-- Observers reported a near-average 84 species and 6099 birds including 21 not identifiable down to species.
Two new species for the count were recorded, a House Wren at Heritage Park in Fountain and a Cassin's Finch on Frost Ranch (private). Some other fun birds, for example, include Sora, Western Screech Owl, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Lewis's Woodpecker, Loggerhead and Northern Shrikes, Marsh and Bewick's Wrens, Curve-billed Thrasher, Gray Catbird, Lincoln, White-throated and Swamp Sparrows and plenty of Canyon Towhees.
Diana Beatty
Fountain Creek CBC compiler
El Paso County
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All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.
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