Fountain Creek Regional Park

We took a two-mile stroll along Fountain Creek at this nature preserve south of Colorado Springs. The day had turned cloudy and breezy, and the place looked like January, but we had a pleasant hour or so looking at birds and Pikes Peak.

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American Coot

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Common Mergansers, Pied-billed Grebes, and a Canada Goose.

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Canada Geese and a Hooded Merganser.

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Pied-billed Grebe

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Red-winged Blackbird singing

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White-crowned Sparrow and female Red-winged Blackbirds

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White-crowned Sparrow and an Eastern Fox Squirrel (introduced to the area and considered a pest)

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Birds we saw:

  • Black-capped Chickadee
  • White-breasted Nuthatch
  • House Finch
  • White-crowned Sparrow
  • Red-winged Blackbird
  • Hooded Merganser
  • Common Merganser
  • Mallard
  • Northern Shoveler
  • Ring-necked Duck
  • Canada Goose
  • Pied-billed Grebe
  • American Coot
  • Eurasian Collared Dove
  • Dark-eyed (Gray-headed) Junco
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