2015 Aspen Area Spring Migration Bird Count – Recap

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Tuesday, May 29, 2015, 7AM – 1PM
Weather: mostly sunny
Location: North Star Nature Preserve, Maroon Creek Wetlands, West Buttermilk, Castle Creek

21  Canada Goose (goslings pictured above) 1  Gadwall 1  Cinnamon Teal 3  Green-winged Teal 7  Mallard 1  White-faced Ibis 1  Sharp-shinned Hawk 2  American Coot 3  Spotted Sandpiper 2  Great horned Owl 52  Broad-tailed Hummingbird

4  Black-chinned Hummingbird 1  Belted Kingfisher 1  Red-naped Sapsucker 4  Northern Flicker 1  Cordilleran Flycatcher 27  Black-billed Magpie 16  American Crow 55  Tree Swallow 25  Violet-green Swallow 4  Black-capped Chickadee

1  Mountain Chickadee 16  House Wren 1  American Dipper 17  Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5  Mountain Bluebird 1  Townsend’s Solitaire 10  American Robin 1  American Pipit 39  Yellow Warbler 15  Yellow-rumped Warbler

7  Chipping Sparrow 13  Song Sparrow 1  Lincoln’s Sparrow 3  White-crowned Sparrow 5  Dark-eyed Junco 57  Red-winged Blackbird 2  Brewer’s Blackbird 3  Brown-headed Cowbird 2  House Rinch 3  Pine Siskin

Commets: It was an excellent day. Highlights included white-faced ibis and adult great horned owl with juvenile at Maroon Creek Wetlands vicinity, great ducks at North Star, black-chinned hummingbirds at West Buttermilk, and a dipper nest on Castle Creek. Other animal sightings included: coyote, chorus frogs, and red fox.

~ Rebecca Weiss, ACES Bird Guide