Fountain Creek CBC 12-18-19 preliminary results

[Diana Beatty]

This past Wednesday we had 38 gracious volunteers participate in the 13th Fountain Creek Christmas Bird Count.  It started out a brisk and count-record-cold 5 degrees Fahrenheit but was pleasantly in the 40s eventually.  The ground was mostly snow covered.

Observers reported a near-average 84 species and 6099 birds including 21 not identifiable down to species.

Two new species for the count were recorded, a House Wren at Heritage Park in Fountain and a Cassin's Finch on Frost Ranch (private).  Some other fun birds, for example, include Sora, Western Screech Owl, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Lewis's Woodpecker, Loggerhead and Northern Shrikes, Marsh and Bewick's Wrens, Curve-billed Thrasher, Gray Catbird, Lincoln, White-throated and Swamp Sparrows and plenty of Canyon Towhees.  

Diana Beatty

Fountain Creek CBC compiler

El Paso County

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All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.