SE Colorado Birding: Green-tailed Towhee and more

Friday, May 05, 2006

Green-tailed Towhee and more

Yesterday I birded a number of locations around the Canon City area and saw the following interesting birds:

Brush Hollow Reservoir-
-Green-tailed Towhee-1 (it's been a long time since I saw one in this area)
-Western Kingbird-1 (first I've seen in this area this spring)
-Rock Wren-1 singing and calling away
-Chipping Sparrows-flocks of dozens
-Common Merganser-1m & 1f

BLM Blue Heron site-south pond-
-American Avocet-1
-Snowy Egret-1

Sumo Golf Course pond-
-Franklin's Gull-just 1
-Ring-necked Ducks-1m & 1f

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 05, 2006

Green-tailed Towhee and more

Why bird southeast Colorado?

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