North Cheyenne Canyon, Colorado Springs, El Paso County

[Debbie Barnes]

A short field trip in the rain this morning at Starsmore Discovery Center and North Cheyenne Canyon for the Pikes Peak Nature and Birding Festival, we saw and heard a MacGillivray's Warbler working the Choke Cherries near the lower picnic area on the Lower Columbine Trail.  Also see were Orange-crowned and Yellow-rumped Warblers, Pygmy and White-breasted Nuthatches, Black-headed Grosbeak, Western Bluebirds, House Finches, American Robins, Violet-green Swallows, Red-tailed Hawk, Stellar's Jay, Common Raven, etc.  The bird list has been reported to the festival and ebird.
Debbie Barnes-Shankster
Colorado Springs, CO
El Paso County