Fountain Creek CBC results

[Diana Beatty]

The Fountain Creek CBC was held December 14th.  We had 29 volunteers on a day that started out a brisk 11F or so.  Even the creeks were partially frozen, and ponds were mostly fully frozen well into the afternoon. Volunteers found 77 species and a little over 7000 individual birds.  Chipping Sparrow was a new species for the count and we had high number records for Townsend's Solitaire, Rock Pigeon, and White-winged Dove.

We had a good mix of Loggerhead and Northern Shrikes at 5 each, and plenty of Western Meadowlarks and Northern Flickers.  Evening Grosbeak, Stellar's Jays, and Cedar Waxwing  turned up for the count after having not been seen much in recent years.  We couldn't find Scaled Quail or Brewer's Blackbirds that are often seen on the count.

Diana Beatty

El Paso County

Fountain Creek CBC compiler

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