Fountain Creek Regional Park, El Paso County, Dec. 14

[Ted Floyd]

Hello, Birders.

With Elena Klaver, Johanna Beam, Topiltzin Martínez, Hannah Floyd, and Andrew Floyd, I participated this sunny Monday morning, Dec. 14, in the Fountain Creek Christmas Bird Count. Highlights for us at Fountain Creek Regional Park proper were 2 wood ducks, 18 hooded mergansers, a columbarius merlin, a winter wren, a marsh wren, 2 ruby-crowned kinglets, and a purple finch. Photos, audio, and numbers here:

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26313619

The folks in the other groups found lots of other great birds, but I'm too tired to remember any of it. Thanks to Dan Maynard for the fun count, as always. Oh, yes, and before it all got started, up in Boulder County, a marvelous showing by the Geminid meteor shower.

Ted Floyd

Lafayette, Boulder County