Saturday, December 19, 2015

Christmas Bird Count Colorado Springs 6b 12/19/15

We walked 7.5 miles today (runtotal 181) and drove 18 or so to cover our area.  Weather was pretty nice and we saw lots of neat birds.  List at bottom.
Cooper's Hawk

Belted Kingfisher

Green-winged Teal

American Kestrel

Ash Red Homer Rock Pigeon

Pretty nest

American Goldfinch


Starlings are pretty - I like the noises they make, too.


Cows weren't quite sure what to make of us.

Turn-around point.

Mangy Coyote. :(



Dark Red-tail Hawk.  Harlan's?


Cool rock art in Cruze Gulch.







42 species (+5 other taxa) total
1
Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
518
Canada Goose Branta canadensis
2
Wood Duck Aix sponsa
One male, one female, in concrete 'ponds' by Willow Springs Ponds.
49
Gadwall Anas strepera
5
American Wigeon Anas americana
40
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
2
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
34
Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
7
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
1
Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
2
Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
2
Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
1
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
14
Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
4
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
6
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
92
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia (Feral Pigeon)
83
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
We covered several miles of territory in neighborhoods - these were not seen all in one place, but over all of area 6b.
1
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
5
Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
1
Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
15
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
10
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) Colaptes auratus [cafer Group]
5
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
9
Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
2
Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
5
American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
5
Common Raven Corvus corax
6
Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
7
Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
1
Brown Creeper Certhia americana
3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
1
American Robin Turdus migratorius
299
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
6
American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
29
Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
3
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis
10
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) Junco hyemalis [oreganus Group]
12
Dark-eyed Junco (Pink-sided) Junco hyemalis mearnsi
6
Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed) Junco hyemalis caniceps
18
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
1
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
1
Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
1
Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
16
House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
1
American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
41
House Sparrow Passer domesticus

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