El Paso County Birds today
Jeff J Jones
4 of us took one of our favorite El Paso Co loops today: Big Johnson Reservoir (conditions were terse), Squirrel Creek Rd (and pond/reservoir), Chico Basin Ranch (pond at HQ).
Highlights were:
· 2 Peregrine Falcons
· 3 Great Horned Owl nests with young in or nearby each of them
· Bonaparte’s Gull (Big J)
· Swainson’s Hawks copulating on fence post; 3 different morphs of Swainson’s Hawks seen. Dark chocolate, rufous, and standard.
· 7 species of swallow all in one county in Colorado on same day. Not bad.
· Cassin’s Kingbird out on Squirrel Creek Rd.
Jeff J Jones
Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands
Species: 63 - Subspecies: 0 - Forms: 63
Total Records: 63
BUNTINGS, SPARROWS AND ALLIES - 3
Spotted Towhee
Vesper Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES - 2
Black-billed Magpie
Common Raven
DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL - 11
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
FALCONS AND CARACARAS - 2
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
GREBES - 4
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS - 4
Bonaparte's Gull
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Forster's Tern
HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES - 2
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS - 1
Great Blue Heron
LARKS - 1
Horned Lark
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS - 1
Curve-billed Thrasher
NEW WORLD QUAIL - 1
Scaled Quail
OLD WORLD SPARROWS - 1
House Sparrow
OWLS - 2
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl
PIGEONS AND DOVES - 3
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS - 1
Killdeer
RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS - 2
Sora
American Coot
SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES - 3
Spotted Sandpiper
Willet
Wilson's Phalarope
SHRIKES - 1
Loggerhead Shrike
STARLINGS - 1
European Starling
SWALLOWS - 6
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
THRUSHES AND ALLIES - 4
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
TROUPIALS AND ALLIES - 4
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS - 2
Say's Phoebe
Cassin's Kingbird
WOODPECKERS - 1
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Birder's Diary - www.BirdersDiary.com - 5/1/2016
Jeff J Jones
Oops. I may be the only one to see 7 species of swallow in a single day in Colorado – IF it were true. Typo! That should have read as “6 species”, which is what I did list in the complete list at the bottom of my email. Thanks for catching that folks.
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William H Kaempfer
Well, if you count Purple Martin, we actually have 8 swallows on the state list. Don’t forget that there is a state record for Cave Swallow, and will undoubtedly be more going out in the future. So I took you at your word!
Bill Kaempfer
Boulder
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