Trinidad Lake State Park - Trinidad, Colorado - June 10, 2010

About Trinidad Lake State Park:

http://www.parks.state.co.us/parks/trinidadlake/Pages/TrinidadStateParkHome.aspx

Location: Trinidad Lake State Park - Trinidad, Colorado

Map:  http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=trinidad+co&sll=38.274609,-104.666533&sspn=0.008069,0.013754&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Trinidad,+Las+Animas,+Colorado&ll=37.145061,-104.565468&spn=0.032771,0.055017&t=h&z=14


Observation date: 6/10/10

Number of species: 6

Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura   2

Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus   2

American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos   4

Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica   4

Mountain Bluebird - Sialia currucoides   2

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mountain_Bluebird/id

Curve-billed Thrasher - Toxostoma curvirostre   1
 
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Curve-billed_Thrasher/id
 

    We arrived at Trinidad Lake State Park at around noon on June 10, 2010. After setting up camp I went and hiked around one of the hiking trails near the campgrounds. Due to extremely windy coniditions I didn't see many birds (just a couple of crows).
 
   Later in the afternoon, after the winds had died down, we spent out time lounging about at the campsite and looking for birds. A Mountain Bluebird was using a tree stake as a perch 3 campsites over from ours. He would look about for prey while perched and every 45 seconds we would see him fly from his perch in pursuit of an insect. The Mountain Bluebird sighting boosts my Lifelist total to 183!
 
    Around dusk I spotted a bird foraging for insects several campsites to the north of ours. Using the scope, I was able to idenitufy him as a Curve-billed Thrasher, #184 on my Lifelist!
 
-Top photos courtesy of Shelli.
 
-Mountain Bluebird photo courtesy of Elaine R. Wilson, via Wikipedia
 
-Curve-billed Thrasher photo courtesy of Peter Wallack, via Wikipedia


-SPQ 6/19/2010