Turkey Creek Recreation Area - Fort Carson, CO, Jun 2, 2014, El Paso County

[Mel Goff]

Hi, all. More than a dozen birders turned out for the Aiken Audubon Society
field trip today to Turkey Creek Recreation area at Fort Carson in El Paso
County. We had a total of 45 species, most being the expected ones for TCR.
The big miss again was NO Lewis's Woodpeckers.

The highlights were on nests. We got to see a pair of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers
at their nest site and a Broad-tailed Hummingbird sitting on a nest. Later
in the morning we saw a Western Bluebird going in and out of a nesting
cavity. A new bird for me at TCR was a Juniper Titmouse that was the first
bird we saw when we got out of our cars.

Lots of fun.

Mel Goff


Turkey Creek Recreation Area - Fort Carson, CO, El Paso, US-CO
Jun 2, 2014 7:30 AM - 11:56 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
45 species

Turkey Vulture 3
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Mourning Dove 6
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 3
Western Wood-Pewee 5
Say's Phoebe 3
Ash-throated Flycatcher 2
Western Kingbird 8
Loggerhead Shrike 1
Plumbeous Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Western Scrub-Jay 2
Black-billed Magpie 3
Common Raven 2
Violet-green Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 1
Cliff Swallow 3
Juniper Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
House Wren 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Western Bluebird 9
Mountain Bluebird 2
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 2
European Starling 4
Yellow Warbler 5
Yellow-breasted Chat 3
Spotted Towhee 4
Chipping Sparrow 3
Lark Sparrow 3
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Western Tanager 1
Black-headed Grosbeak 6
Blue Grosbeak 4
Lazuli Bunting 2
Western Meadowlark 8
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Bullock's Oriole 4
House Finch 12
Lesser Goldfinch 2
American Goldfinch 5

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