On this day we split our bird watching trips so we could
observe morning and evening bird activity.
In the morning we hiked through the wooded area north of the Alamosa disc golf course. We were pleased to see that the previously dry marshy areas were filled with water – and birds!! We saw a large number of white-faced ibises and black-crowned night herons. We also heard one or two soras calling from the reeds.
In the morning we hiked through the wooded area north of the Alamosa disc golf course. We were pleased to see that the previously dry marshy areas were filled with water – and birds!! We saw a large number of white-faced ibises and black-crowned night herons. We also heard one or two soras calling from the reeds.
The deciduous forest yielded sightings of broad-tailed
hummingbirds, western wood peewees and yellow warblers.
After 6 p.m. we drove over to the Monte Vista National
Wildlife Refuge. What a wonderful treat to see so many newly hatched babies
with their parents. The wetlands were full of baby yellow-headed blackbirds,
American coots, eared grebes, ruddy ducks, Canada geese and mallards. They are
so cute as they call to their parents and furiously paddle through the water. The
pond at the south end of the auto loop is once again full of water and there we
saw American avocets, black-faced ibises, black-crowned night herons and
Wilson’s phalaropes. In the trees that line Colo. 15 we saw a great-horned owl,
a Bullock’s oriole and a prairie falcon.
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