Monday, January 5, 2009

Spanish Peaks CBC Results!

This just in:

Spanish Peaks birders braved icy winds but tallied
46 species, 6th best of 20 counts.

Two new birds were added to the Count: a long
overdue Sharp-shinned Hawk and a White-winged
Dove. Both were in Beverly Jensen's yard.
Thanks Beverly!

Count highs include 64 E. Collared Doves,
23 Lewis' Woodpeckers, 7 Spotted Towhees,
and 117 Pine Siskin.

Thanks also to Tom Doerk for a warm place to have
our lunch & his Gray-crowned Rosy Finches.

Other birds of interest were Belted Kingfisher and
Rock Wren, both reported only for the second time
on this Count.

Dave Silverman, compiler
Lake Isabel/Spanish Peaks CBCs

Thanks so much, Dave! Unfortunately no Bushtits, Mtn. Bluebirds, Am. Robins or Ferruginous Hawks - this time; but here are our totals for Spanish Peaks (which, in
case you don't know includes La Veta, where I live and Cuchara...just up the hill.) I think we did well for
such a blustery, cold day when most birds were hunkered down:

Canada Goose - 232, American Wigeon- 4, Mallard - 27, American Green-winged Teal - 3, Wild Turkey - 60, Bald Eagle - 2, Northern Harrier - 1, Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1, Red-tailed Hawk - 3, Golden Eagle - 2, Rock Pigeon - 27, Eurasian Collared-Dove - 64, White-winged Dove - 1, Belted Kingfisher - 1, Lewis's Woodpecker - 23, Downy Woodpecker - 3, Hairy Woodpecker - 2, Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker - 11, Northern Shrike - 2 [Thank you Polly!],
Steller's Jay - 32, Blue Jay - 5, Western Scrub - Jay - 4, Clark's Nutcracker - 1, Black-billed Magpie - 80, American Crow - 15, Common Raven -60, Horned Lark -85, Black-capped Chickadee -27, Mountain Chickadee - 21, White - breasted Nuthatch - 3, Pygmy Nuthatch - 20, Rock Wren - 1, American Dipper - 1, Townsend's Solitaire - 2, European Starling - 93, Spotted Towhee - 7, American Tree Sparrow - 11, Song Sparrow - 4, Dark - eyed Junco - 132 [including one White - winged], Red-winged Blackbird - 16, Gray-crowned Rosy - Finch - 8, House Finch - 51, Pine Siskin - 117, American Goldfinch - 23, Evening Grosbeak - 8, House Sparrow – 60

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