Garden of the Gods 4-25-15

5 or 6 mile hike from the main lot in Garden of the Gods down to the Trading post and to Balancing Rock and then back to the main lot in a loop.  We really enjoyed the route up from the Trading Post via Siamese Twins and Palmer Trail.  Runtotal 53 miles or so.

White-throated Swifts

Rock pigeon

More Swifts

Black-billed Magpie and Western Scrub Jay

Which one is better, do you think?

Wavyleaf Dandelion

Fountain Creek Nature Center 4/18/15

Birding 101 with Steve Getty and Linda Hodges today.

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22925614

lots of bunnies

alpenglow

Red-winged Blackbird

Wood Duck

Mourning Dove

Fast water from recent snow/rain

American Robin

Muskrat

Say's Phoebe

Snowy Egret

Northern Shoveler

Black-crowned Night Heron

Face-off? :)

Belted Kingfisher

Killdeer

Canada Goose

turtles

American Coot