SE Colorado Birding: Canon City update

Friday, May 12, 2006

Canon City update

Wednesday I saw a male Bullock's Oriole in Canon City, the first I've seen in this area. There were also several Chimney Swifts "chittering" as they flew above the downtown area.

There are still at least 70 White-faced Ibis in the area. I saw 4 Cattle Egrets with the ibis in addition to several Spotted Sandpipers today. Later I saw an Eastern Kingbird. At dusk I saw 2 Common Nighthawks (I saw my first Common Nighthawks on april 27 also in the Canon City area).

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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Friday, May 12, 2006

Canon City update

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