[Douglbirds] Franktown Area Birding

[Kirk Huffstater - Creative Gardenscapes]

Tom H. and I birded around the Franktown area this morning......what a beautiful day!  We saw 61 species between 6:30am and Noon, at 3 locations.  Here are some of the highlights.

WALKER PIT
Pied-billed Grebe
Western Grebe
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Ring-necked Duck
Gadwall
Lesser Scaup
Ruddy Duck
Violet-green Swallow

McLAIN PIT
Common Loon (still swimming around the pond)
Says Phoebe
Long-billed Curlew (flying from south to north)
Swainson's Hawk
Mountain & Western Bluebirds
Snowy Egret (wading around, then chased off by a Canada Goose)
Loggerhead Shrike
American Pipit
Ring-billed & California Gulls

Castlewood Canyon
Cedar Waxwing (many in the junipers eating the berries)
American Goldfinch
Tree & Violet-Green & Northern Rough-winged Swallows
All the nuthatches (saw many Pygmy, heard White-breasted & Red-breasted, no creepers)
Turkey Vulture
White-throated Swift
Prairie Falcon (cruising from end to end, and back)
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Rock & Canyon Wrens
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Red Crossbill (male & female, along the road up in the pines)
Dark-eyed Junco (a couple stragglers)

Overall, it was a great morning for being out and enjoying nature!

Kirk Huffstater
Castle Rock, CO
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