Birdwatchers of the San Luis Valley

From December 2011 to December 2012, Diane and I ventured out see as many San Luis Valley bird species as possible during the one-year period. Our tally was 162 birds. We reported our field trips on this blog, “The San Luis Valley Birdwatching Odyssey.” Although we have completed our one-year adventure we will continue to report our birdwatching activity. We will now be publishing our field notes at the same web address but the blog will be called “Birdwatchers of the San Luis Valley.”

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Field Notes 5.21.12

Avian activity has definitely picked up along the Alamosa golf course river trail. New sightings for us for the year included American goldfinches, a western wood peewee and a brown-headed cowbird. We also saw red-winged blackbirds, American robins, a house wren, black-billed magpies, a pair of mountain bluebirds, a mallard, starlings and mourning doves. Mammals included a porcupine in a tree, a ground squirrel on the golf course and mule deer.