Field Trip Report

January 18, 2004
Cheyenne, Wyoming

Birdwatchers: 21

Leaders: Barb Gorges/Gary Lefko

Joint Fort Collins and Cheyenne-High Plains Audubon Field Trip to Cheyenne Area.  Great bunch and great fun. Thanks for coming!  Great weather and no wind. Hereford and Lion's Park IBAs are great warbler traps. Holliday Park has Black-Crowned Night Heron rookery, approximately 12-14 nests. 

Places visited:

Stop 1 - Important Birding Area Hereford Ranch
Stop 2 - Hereford Reservoir #1
Stop 3 - Hereford Reservoir #2
Stop 4 - Holliday Park
Stop 5 - Important Birding Area Lion's Park
Stop 6 - Cheyenne Botanic Gardens
Stop 7 - 100-year old Lakeview Cemetery (Not visited)
Stop 8 - FE Warren AFB (Not visited, ran out of time)
Stop 9 - Little America
Stop 10 - Clear Creek Park

Species highlights:

Golden-Crowned Kinglet - 3
Blue-Winged Teal - 6
Golden Eagle
Townsend's Solitaire

Various amounts of:

Dark-Eyed Junco (White-Winged)
Dark-Eyed Junco (Slate-Colored)
Dark-Eyed Junco (Oregon)
Dark-Eyed Junco (Pink-Sided)
Dark-Eyed Junco (Gray-Headed)

Other Species:

Canada Goose
American Widgeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Green-Winged Teal
Common Goldeneye
Northern Harrier
Rough-Legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Rock Pigeon
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Crow
Horned Lark
Black-Capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Red-Breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
American Robin
European Starling
American Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-Winged Blackbird
House Finch
House Sparrow