Ovenbirds at Cheyenne Mountain State Park (El Paso County)

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Diana Beatty

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Jun 3, 2020, 2:28:34 PM6/3/20
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If Ovenbirds interest you, I counted around 20 of them singing this morning at Cheyenne Mountain State Park, particularly along the Cougar's Shadow trail but not exclusively there.  It is possible I double-counted a few of them that I heard farther off - if I heard them 1-2 minutes apart I counted them but it is possible that a few could've been repeat individuals.  

Some other birds I enjoyed hearing (and occasionally seeing some of them) were Hermit Thrushes, very exuberant Yellow-breasted Chat, so many Warbling Vireos, House Wrens, Spotted Towhees, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds and Black-headed Grosbeaks and several other species in smaller numbers as well.  

Diana Beatty
El Paso County
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elena

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Jun 3, 2020, 5:30:43 PM6/3/20
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If Ovenbirds in Boulder County interest you, I had at least one singing on the Fowler Trail by Eldorado Canyon, in the moist and dense area along the creek between the bridge past the canal from the Springbrook Trail and where the trail cuts over into Eldorado Canyon.  The habitat is similar to that at the top of the Skunk Canyon trail a little to the north, where I missed them last Saturday, but where they are regularly seen and heard.  


On Jun 3, 2020, at 12:28 PM, Diana Beatty <otowi...@gmail.com> wrote:


If Ovenbirds interest you, I counted around 20 of them singing this morning at Cheyenne Mountain State Park, particularly along the Cougar's Shadow trail but not exclusively there.  It is possible I double-counted a few of them that I heard farther off - if I heard them 1-2 minutes apart I counted them but it is possible that a few could've been repeat individuals.  

Some other birds I enjoyed hearing (and occasionally seeing some of them) were Hermit Thrushes, very exuberant Yellow-breasted Chat, so many Warbling Vireos, House Wrens, Spotted Towhees, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds and Black-headed Grosbeaks and several other species in smaller numbers as well.  

Diana Beatty
El Paso County
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I acknowledge that I live in the territory of Hinóno'éí  (Arapaho), Cheyenne and Ute nations, according to the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie, and that Colorado's Front Range is home to many Native peoples.  Reconozco que vivo en el territorio de las naciones Hinóno’éí (Arapaho), Cheyenne y Ute, según el 1851 Tratado de Fort Laramie, y que el estado de Colorado al este de las Montañas Rocosas es territorio de muchos pueblos indígenas. 




Barbara Spagnuolo

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Jun 3, 2020, 9:51:51 PM6/3/20
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Another great location for Ovenbirds is Gateway Mesa Open Space in Castle Rock, Douglas County, on Hwy 86 on the east side of town heading towards Franktown. There is a new 1-mile trail loop built there last year called Legacy Trail that descends through the heavily forested north-facing slope below the mesa.

-Barbara Spagnuolo, Douglas County

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Diana Beatty

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Jun 3, 2020, 10:06:15 PM6/3/20
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I have heard them at Dawson Butte Open Space in Douglas County also, Barbara.  Have you birded there?

Diana Beatty
El Paso Cnty

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JeremyWinick

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Jun 4, 2020, 12:20:32 AM6/4/20
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I have heard Ovenbirds in that location in many past years.

Jeremy Winick
Westminster, Adams County

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