Fountain Creek Spring Bird Count May 12th

[Deborah Barnes]

Fountain Creek County Park will be conducting their spring bird count on Saturday, May 12th in conjunction with the Pikes Peak Birding and Nature Festival.  Information below. Please contact 719-520-6745 or namcyb...@elpasoco.com to register if you haven’t already. 

S7: 7:00 am –11:00 am. Fountain Creek County Park Spring Bird Count

It is not required to register for the festival if you only plan to attend the Spring Bird Count.  Participants for the count pay $5 to Fountain Creek Nature Center to support the nature center’s bird-feeding program.

Fountain Creek is a natural migration corridor and spring migration is the highlight of the year. Walk around the ponds, streams, wetlands, forest and open grasslands of the park looking for and counting a wide variety of birds.

• Appropriate for birders of all levels.
• Physical difficulty: Easy/moderate.
• Meet at Fountain Creek Nature Center (map).
• Limited to 60 participants.

Debbie Barnes

Colorado Springs

El Paso County

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