[Douglbirds] International Migratory Bird Day at Castlewood Canyon SP

[KarenSMetz at cs.com]

We led our annual International Migratory Bird Day walk at Castlewood Canyon 
State Park this morning from the woodland at the West Side trail head south 
along the creek, almost to the dam ruins.  Highlights included Great Blue Herons 
building nests, a Red-tailed Hawk carrying a snake to the nest, a Cooper's 
Hawk flying along the cliff occupied by two Prairie Falcons, competing Red-eyed 
Vireos, and a singing Ovenbird.  

We found these 40 species:

Canada Goose
Mallard
Great Blue Heron   
Wild Turkey
Turkey Vulture
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk  
Prairie Falcon
Mourning Dove
White-throated Swift
Broad-tailed  Hummingbird
Northern Flicker
Plumbeous Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo  
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Rock Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Western Bluebird
American Robin
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Ovenbird
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Black-headed Grosbeak
Brown-headed Cowbird
Pine Siskin


Karen & Ken Metz
Franktown






   
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