| SYSTEMATIC LIST of SPECIES SEEN ~ COLORADO APRIL 12 - 21, 2002 |
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| ITINERARY |
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| Day 1: Rocky Mt Arsenal;
Fort Lupton; Loloff Reservoir; Lower Latham Reservoir |
| Day 2: Briggsdale; Pawnee
Grasslands; Crow Valley campground; Jackson SP; Akron: Wray and Laird |
| Day 3: Kitzmiller lek and
farm; Bonny Lake; Nee Noshe Reservoir; Lamar CC; Two Buttes |
| Day 4: Campo lek and
vicinity; Comanche Grasslands; Cottonwood & Carrizo Canyon; Higbee Cemetary; |
| Rocky Ford Sewer Plant; West
Pueblo motel |
| Day 5: West Pueblo motel;
Brush Hollow SWA; Canon City Riverwalk; Royal Gorge; Buena Vista Overlook; |
| Granite; Loveland Ski; Guanella
Pass |
| Day 6: Georgetown feeders; Guanella Pass; Windy Gap Reservoir;
Kremmling; Coalmont Lek |
| Day 7: Coalmont Lek; Arapaho NWR; Elk River Road/FR 400; Steamboat
Lake; Hayden Lek |
| Day 8: Hayden RD80 and 20 Mile Road; Coal Canyon; Steve's house in
Palisades; Escalante Canyon |
| Day 9: Parlin Lek and wet meadows; San Juan NF/ Wolf Creek Pass;
Russell Lakes SWA; Temple Canyon |
| State Park |
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| Day 10: Pueblo West motel; East of Colorado Springs/Squirrell Rd to
Judge Orr Rd; Garden of the Gods; |
| Castle
Rock State Park |
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| The FIRST NUMBER indicates the
largest number of that species seen at one time |
| The SECOND NUMBER indicates the
number of days that that species was seen |
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| BIRDS 184 |
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| Common
Loon |
1 at Bonny Lake |
| Pied-billed Grebe |
1 at Loloff
Reservoir; 2 West Pueblo motel pond - 2/3 |
| Horned
Grebe |
20+ at Lower
Latham Reservoir - 20/1 |
| Eared Grebe |
6 at Lower
Latham Reservoir - 6/1 |
| Western Grebe |
2 at Lower
Latham Reservoir - 2/1 |
| Clark's Grebe |
9 at Lower
Latham; 1 at Nee Noshe; 4 at Russell Lakes SWA - 6/3 |
| American White Pelican |
20+ at Lower
Latham; 10 at Nee Noshe and 6 at Windy Gap Reservoir - 15/3 |
| Double-crested
Cormorant |
4
at Lower Latham; 1 at Jackson SP; 7 at Bonny Lake; 10 at Nee Noshe |
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and 1 at south
of Hayden - 10/4 |
| Great Blue Heron |
Seen in small
numbers on all but 2 days - 3/8 |
| Snowy Egret |
3 at Russell
Lakes SWA - 2/1 |
| Cattle
Egret |
6 at Russell
Lakes SWA - 6/1 |
| White-faced Ibis |
16 at Rocky Ford
Sewer Plant and 60+ at Russell Lakes - 30/2 |
| Turkey Vulture |
Double digit
numbers on 3 days and seen on all but 1 day - 8/9 |
| Snow
Goose |
7 at Bonny Lake
- 7/1 |
| Ross's
Goose |
4 at Bonny Lake
- 4/1 |
| Canada Goose |
Seen daily,
usually in pairs. Max 30+ |
| Gadwall |
Seen on
most lakes and ponds; 50+ at Lower Latham - 15/7 |
| American Wigeon |
Double digit
numbers at Lower Latham, Briggsdale, Bonny Lake; 6 at Arapho |
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and 2 at south
of Hayden - 15/5 |
| Mallard |
Seen daily with a max of
30+ at Windy Gap |
| Blue-winged Teal |
27 at Bonny
Lake; 10 at Loloff; 1 south of Briggsdale; 4 at Rocky Ford - 17/4 |
| Cinnamon Teal |
40+
around Lower Latham; 10+ south of Briggsdale; 4 at Arapaho; a pair |
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south of Hayden
and at Russell Lakes - 30/5 |
| Northern Shoveler |
17 at Arapaho;
80+ at Lower Latham; 18 south of Briggsdale; 100+ at Rocky |
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Ford; 7 at Brush
Hollow - 80/6 |
| Northern Pintail |
6 at Lower
Latham and Arapaho; 4 south of Briggsdale - 5/3 |
| Green-winged Teal |
45+
at Lower Latham; 30+ at Windy Gap; 21 at Arapaho; single digit |
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numbers at Nee
Noshe, Bonny Lake and Brush Hollow -
45/6 |
| Canvasback |
3 at Lower
Latham - 3/1 |
| Redhead |
20+
south of Briggsdale; 12 at Russell lakes; 8 at Lower Latham; |
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4 at Arapaho -
18/4 |
| Ring-necked Duck |
12 at Windy Gap;
3 at Lower Latham - 12/2 |
| Lesser Scaup |
Seen on all lake
and ponds; up to 100+ around Lower Latham - 75/7 |
| Bufflehead |
1
at Arapaho and south of Briggsdale; 20+ at Lower Latham and 3 at Nee |
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Noshe - 20/4 |
| Common Goldeneye |
10
at L. Latham; 50+ at Windy Gap; 1 at Arapaho; 4 at Russell Lakes - 50/4 |
| Barrow's Goldeneye |
12 at Lower
Latham and more than 20 at Windy gap - 20/2 |
| Hooded
Merganser |
A female at
Arapho NWR |
| Red-breasted
Merganser |
5 at Lower
Latham Reservoir - 5/1 |
| Common Merganser |
Seen on most
bodies of water. Max 25 at Arapaho - 25/8 |
| Ruddy Duck |
>30
at Lower Latham; 3 at Nee Noshe, Arapaho and s.of Briggsdale - 19/4 |
| Osprey |
1 at Bonny
Reservoir |
| Bald Eagle |
1 at Lower
Latham Reservoir and 1 on a nest west of Walden - 1/2 |
| Northern Harrier |
Seen on all but
1 day; common in the east with a daily high of 25 - 4/9 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk |
Singles
at Rocky Mt. Arsenal, Ekk River Road and West Pueblo - 1/3 |
| Cooper's Hawk |
1 north of
Hayden and 1 in Cottonwood Canyon - 1/2 |
| Northern Goshawk |
1 circling above
FR 400 |
| Broad-winged
Hawk |
2 circling above
Cottonwood Canyon |
| Swainson's Hawk |
Seen
on all but one day; day high of 18 in the north west - 3/9 |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
Seen daily
including a "Krider's" at Lower Latham - 2/10 |
| Rough-legged
Hawk |
3
at Arapaho and east of Colorado
Springs; 3 south of Bonny Lake and 1 in |
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Pawnee
Grasslands - 1/4 |
| Golden Eagle |
2 on Guanella
Pass and Arapaho NWR and 3 over Coal Canyon - 2/3 |
| American Kestrel |
Common - seen
daily |
| Peregrine Falcon |
Individuals at Bonny
Lake and Royal Gorge - 1/2 |
| Prairie Falcon |
1 in flight at
the entrance to Carrizo Canyon |
| Chuckar |
1 calling and 2
seen in Coal Canyon - 2/1 |
| Ring-necked Pheasant |
Heard or seen in
small numbers in most of the lower elevations - 3/6 |
| Greater Sage-Grouse |
36 males and 3
females at the Coalmont lek and 6 at the Hayden lek - 39/3 |
| Gunnison
Sage-Grouse |
5 males and 2
females at the Parlin lek - 7/1 |
| Blue Grouse |
2 possibly 3
females north of Hayden - 2/2 |
| Sharp-tailed Grouse |
33 at the Hayden
lek, including at least 5 females - 18/1 |
| Greater Prairie-Chicken |
26 males and 19
females at the Kitzmiller lek - 45/1 |
| Lesser Prairie-Chicken |
5 males and 2
females at the Campo lek - 7/1 |
| Wild Turkey |
1 at
Bonny Lake; 3 at Two Buttes; 4 in Cottonwood Canyon - 4/3 |
| Gambel's
Quail |
About a dozen in
Steve's yard in Palisade - 4/1 |
| Scaled Quail |
2 east of Campo
and as many as 8 at the Pueblo West motel - 4/3 |
| Northern
Bobwhite |
1 male in flight
at the Campo lek |
| American Coot |
Seen on most
lakes in double digit numbers - 30/6 |
| Sandhill Crane |
2 at Steamboat
Lake; 15 around Hayden and Craig - 5/2 |
| Killdeer |
Seen on all but
2 days - 5/8 |
| Mountain Plover |
Individuals in
the Pawnee Grasslands, near Nee Noshe and in the Comanche |
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Grasslands - 1/3 |
| Black-necked Stilt |
A pair at Nee
Noshe |
| American Avocet |
3 at Loloff
Reservoir; 7 at Nee Noshe and 20+ at Rocky Ford Sewer - 20/3 |
| Greater
Yellowlegs |
6 around Lower
Latham; single south of Briggsdale and at Nee Noshe - 5/3 |
| Lesser
Yellowlegs |
3 at Loloff
Reservoir |
| Upland
Sandpiper |
1seen briefly at Loloff
Reservoir |
| Least
Sandpiper |
1 at Loloff
Reservoir |
| Baird's
Sandpiper |
2 at Bonny Lake |
| Common Snipe |
4 around Lower
Latham; 1 at Rocky Ford - 2/2 |
| Franklin's
Gull |
A flock of 45 at
Canon City; 17 at Rocky Ford and small number at Lower |
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Latham and Russell Lakes - 45/4 |
| Bonaparte's
Gull |
40+ at Lower
Latham - 18/1 |
| Ring-billed
Gull |
Common at Lower
Latham and Jackson SP - 13/2 |
| California Gull |
1 south of
Briggsdale; 2 at Rocky Ford; 3 at Windy Gap - 3/1 |
| Herring
Gull |
1 south of
Briggsdale |
| Rock Dove |
Common on all
but one day - what a surprise! |
| Mourning Dove |
Seen on all but
1 day |
| Greater
Roadrunner |
1 heard calling
on and off in Cottonwood Canyon |
| Barn Owl |
1 in flight east
of Campo |
| Western
Screech-Owl |
1 in Steve's
yard in Palisade |
| Great Horned Owl |
Their exposed
nests in the cottonwoods are obvious - 3/5 |
| Burrowing Owl |
30+ around Rocky
Mt. Arsenal and Lower Latham; 5 at the Wray Lek - 6/2 |
| Long-eared
Owl |
A pair at Bonny
Lake - 2/1 |
| Short-eared
Owl |
2 in flight east
of Campo - 2/1 |
| Common
Poorwill |
1 on the dirt
road leading to the Parlin lek (about 30 degrees that morning) |
| White-throated Swift |
Common at Royal
Gorge and west of Canon City; 13 at Garden of the Gods; |
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Singles at
Carizzo Canyon and Kremmling - 50/5 |
| Black-chinned
Hummingbird |
1 male coming to
Steve's feeders in Palisade |
| Belted Kingfisher |
Individuals on 6
days and 3 on Yampa River - 1/7 |
| Lewis's Woodpecker |
5 at Cottonwood
Canyon and 1 in Steve's yard - 5/2 |
| Red-bellied
Woodpecker |
1 crossing the
road west of Wray |
| Williamson's
Sapsucker |
A pair at the
Highway Springs campground on Wolf Creek Pass - 2/1 |
| Red-naped Sapsucker |
1 at the feeders
in Georgetown and 2 on Guanella Pass - 2/1 |
| Ladder-backed Woodpecker |
2 in Cottonwood
Canyon |
| Downy Woodpecker |
2 at Crow Valley
campground; 1 at Lamar CC; 1 at Granite - 2/3 |
| Hairy Woodpecker |
1 at Bonny Lake |
| Three-toed
Woodpecker |
1 heard calling
in response to a tape on Wolf Creek pass |
| Northern Flicker |
Seen on all but
1 day, all Red-shafted - 2/9 |
| Western
Wood-Pewee |
2 in Coal Canyon
- 1/1 |
| Gray
Flycatcher |
1 at Coal Canyon |
| Eastern Phoebe |
4 in Cottonwood
Canyon 2/1 |
| Say's Phoebe |
10
in Cottonwood Canyon; 6 in Coal Canyon; singles at Arapaho, Bonny |
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Lake, Canon City
and Temple Canon SP - 2/6 |
| Loggerhead Shrike |
2
in the Pawnee Grasslands; 2 south of Bonny Lake and 3 between the |
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Comanche
Grasslands and West Pueblo - 1/3 |
| Steller's Jay |
1 in Cottonwood
Canyon; 5 at Brush Hollow; 4 on Guanella Pass; 3 on Elk |
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River Raod; 6 in the San Juan's - 3/5 |
| Blue Jay |
Individuals at
the Pueblo West motel, Lower Latham and Crow Valley - 1/3 |
| Western Scrub-Jay |
3
in Cottonwood Canyon; 4 at Brush Hollow; 1 south of Hayden; 6 at the |
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Garden of the
Gods - 3/4 |
| Pinyon
Jay |
4 flocks of
10-15 at Brush Hollw SWA and 1 south of Buena Vista - 15/1 |
| Clark's Nutcracker |
2 around Buena
Vista; 2 in the San Juan's and 6 at Temple Canyon SP - 3/2 |
| Black-billed Magpie |
Common every day |
| American Crow |
Common every day |
| Chihuahuan Raven |
1 south of Two
Buttes and a pair nesting east of Campo - 2/2 |
| Common Raven |
Seen on all but
2 days; most common in the west - 5/8 |
| Horned Lark |
Common on all
but one day |
| Tree Swallow |
Common at Cana
City, Windy Gap, Arapaho and west of Canon City - 50/4 |
| Violet-green Swallow |
Common on the
Arkansas River and 35 at Cannon City Riverwalk |
| N.
Rough-winged Swallow |
35 at Canon City
Riverwalk and common west of Canon City - 35/2 |
| Bank Swallow |
1
in Cottonwood Canyon; 1 at Canon City Riverwalk and 2 west of Canon |
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City - 2/3 |
| Cliff Swallow |
4 at Canon City
Riverwalk and 2 west of Canon City - 2/2 |
| Barn Swallow |
Single digit
numbers on all but 2 days - 6/8 |
| Black-capped Chickadee |
1 or 2 heard or
seen on 6 days - 2/6 |
| Mountain Chickadee |
4 at Loveland
Ski Basin; 5 on Guanella Pass; 5 on Elk River Rd and 5 in the |
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San Juan's - 4/4 |
| Juniper Titmouse |
2 at Brush
Hollow SWA - 2/1 |
| Bushtit |
1 in Coal Canyon
and 3 at Temple Canon SP - 3/2 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch |
1at the feeders
on FR 400 |
| Rock Wren |
4 in Cottonwood
Canyon; 6 at Coal Canyon and 1 at Temple Canyon SP - 3/4 |
| Canyon Wren |
2 calling at the
Garden of the Gods - 1/1 |
| Bewick's Wren |
3 in Cottonwood
Canyon; heard at Canyon City and 1 in Coal canyon - 2/3 |
| Marsh Wren |
2 at Russell
Lakes SWA - 1/1 |
| American Dipper |
3 on Guanella
Pass; 2 on Elk River Rd and 1 in the San Juan's - 2/3 |
| Golden-crowned
Kinglet |
2 on Guanella
Pass - 1/1 |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Individuals at
Kitzmiller Farm, Brush Hollow, Hayden and the San Juan's - 1/5 |
| Eastern
Bluebird |
2 in Cottonwood
Canyon - 2/1 |
| Western
Bluebird |
5 south of
Castle Rock SP - 2/1 |
| Mountain Bluebird |
Less than 6 at
Granite, Arapaho, San Juan's and Castle Rock - 4/5 |
| Townsend's Solitaire |
2 at Pueblo West
motel; 8 at Brush Hollow; 8 on Guanella Pass; 2 on Elk |
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River Rd; 1 in
the San Juan's - 3/4 |
| American Robin |
Seen daily, with
numbers up to 30+ |
| Northern Mockingbird |
1 at Lamar CC
and 1 east of Campo - 1/2 |
| Sage Thrasher |
Herad at the
Campo and Hayden Lek; 1 at Parlin Lek; 2 at Arapaho - 2/4 |
| Curve-billed Thrasher |
Up to 2 seen at the
Pueblo West motel - 1/3 |
| European Starling |
Common seen
daily |
| American
Pipit |
1 at Nee Noshe
Reservoir and up to 6 at Guanella Pass - 2/2 |
| Nashville
Warbler |
1 male at
Carrizo Canyon |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
1
at Temple Canyon, Carrizo and Cottonwood Canyon; up to 12 seen at |
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Canon City
Riverwalk including 3 Myrtles - 6/3 |
| Wilson's
Warbler |
2 at Canon City
Riverwalk - 2/1 |
| Green-tailed
Towhee |
3 in Coal Canyon
- 2/1 |
| Spotted Towhee |
1 at the
Kitzmiller Farm, east of Wray and at the Garden of the Gods; up to |
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8 at the Hayden
lek - 4/5 |
| Canyon Towhee |
1 heard in
Cottonwood Canyon; 1 at Brush Hollow; 2 at Temple Canyon - 1/3 |
| Cassin's
Sparrow |
2 at the Campo
lek |
| American
Tree Sparrow |
1 at the
Kitzmiller Farm |
| Chipping Sparrow |
4 in Cottonwood
Canyon; 2 on Elk River Rd and at Temple Canyon; 1 near |
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Hatden - 2/4 |
| Brewer's
Sparrow |
1 at the Hayden
lek |
| Vesper Sparrow |
100's east of
Campo; pairs at Nee Noshe, Pawnee and near Hayden - 50+/4 |
| Lark Sparrow |
1 east of Campo
and 1 at Pueblo West motel - 1/2 |
| Black-throated
Sparrow |
1 at Coal Canyon |
| Sage
Sparrow |
1 at the Hayden
Lek - 1/3 |
| Savannah Sparrow |
2 at Pueblo West
motel and 1 near Hayden - 2/2 |
| Fox
Sparrow |
1 on Guanella
Pass; 1 in the San Juan's, both of the Slate-colored race - 1/2 |
| Song Sparrow |
Up to 3 seen on
6 days at lower elevations - 1/6 |
| Lincoln's Sparrow |
1 at Bonny Lake |
| Swamp
Sparrow |
2 at Lamar CC |
| White-throated
Sparrow |
1 at Lamar CC |
| White-crowned Sparrow |
Very common at
Kitzmiller farm, Canon City, Granite - 40/6 |
| Dark-eyed Junco |
Seen on all but
1 day - 30/9 |
| McCown's Longspur |
30+ in the
Pawnee Grasslands |
| Chestnut-collared Longspur |
7 in the Pawnee
Grasslands |
| Red-winged Blackbird |
Common seen
daily |
| Western Meadowlark |
Common seen on
all but 1 day |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird |
60+ around Lower
Latham; 20+ Pueblo West motel; 2 at Russell Lakes - 40/4 |
| Brewer's Blackbird |
Up to 70 seen on
6 days - 30+/6 |
| Common Grackle |
Common seen
daily |
| Great-tailed Grackle |
12 around Lower
Latham and 1 south of Wray - 12/2 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird |
30+ at Nee
Noshe; 20+ at Rocky Ford Sewer Pond and 2 near Craig - 30/3 |
| Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch |
A pair on the
feeders at Loveland Ski - 2/1 |
| Black
Rosy-Finch |
4 males and 3
females on the feeders at Loveland Ski - 7/1 |
| Brown-capped Rosy-Finch |
30+ on the
feeders at Loveland Ski - 30/1 |
| Pine Grosbeak |
2 males and 2
females at Loveland Ski - 4/1 |
| Cassin's Finch |
20+ on FR 400; 6
in Granite; 9 at Loveland Ski and 5 in Georgetown - 5/3 |
| House Finch |
Less than 10 on
most days - 8/9 |
| Pine
Siskin |
8
in Cottonwood Canyon; 6 at the Georgetown feeders and at Temple Canon |
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SP; 4 on FR 400
and heard at Caonon City Riverwalk - 5/5 |
| Lesser
Goldfinch |
2 at Canon City
Riverwalk - 2/1 |
| American Goldfinch |
15 at Cottonwood
Canyon; 2 at Pueblo West motel - 5/2 |
| Evening Grosbeak |
4 on FR 400,
north of Steamboat Springs - 3/1 |
| House Sparrow |
Common - seen
daily |
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