SE Colorado Birding: Canon City update

Monday, March 13, 2006

Canon City update

There is still one Ross's Goose staying with a flock of Canada Geese in the area. I couldn't find any Greater White-fronted Geese so they may have migrated north.

Tonight I was serenaded by a pair (one called was higher in pitch, a characteristic o females due to having a smaller syrinx) of Great Horned Owls near the Canon City Riverwalk including the one poking his eye out from behind the branches of a 80-100 foot tall blue spruce where he was perched. This Great Horned Owls are found throughout SE Colorado as well as all of Colorado.

SeEtta

Why bird southeast Colorado?

From our high montane areas to the riparian areas along the Arkansas River as it exits Colorado, southeast Colorado offers birding opportunities for beginners to those serious birders who seek out the less common species. We have great shortgrass and sandsage prairie birding including public areas on the Comanche National Grasslands. We have wetlands including playa lakes (playas are important shallow, depressional wetlands that provide essential habitat for waterfowl and many other bird species). We have small lakes (such as Lake Cheraw north of La Junta)and large lakes (such as John Martin Reservoir that encompasses 35 square miles) that host an impressive diversity of bird species. And we have large expanses of pinyon-juniper woodlands with their special birding opportunities.

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Monday, March 13, 2006

Canon City update

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