Dates: April 17-24, 2004


Codes:

 in Colorado (co) 
 in adjacent Kansas (ks)
 in adjacent Nebraska (ne) 
 in adjacent Oklahoma (ok)
 in nearby Wyoming (wy)
              
        
(t): a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International
(t1): critical     (t2): endangered     (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally
(r/co): rare in Colorado
(r/ks): rare in Kansas
(i): introduced species
(h): heard only

Upcoming North American Birding & Nature Tours

1. Eared Grebe - co,wy
   
2. Pied-billed Grebe - co
   
3. Western Grebe - co,ks 
   
4. Clark's Grebe - co
   
5. American White Pelican - co,wy
   
6. Double-crested Cormorant - co
   
7. Great Blue Heron - co,wy
   
8. Snowy Egret - co
   
9. White-faced Ibis - co
   
10. Canada Goose - co,ks,wy
    
11. Snow Goose - co
    
12. Wood Duck - co
    
13. Mallard - co,wy
    
14. Gadwall - co,wy
    
15. Northern Pintail - co,wy
    
16. American Wigeon - co,wy
    
17. Northern Shoveler - co
    
18. Cinnamon Teal - co,wy
    
19. Blue-winged Teal - co,ks
    
20. American Green-winged Teal - co,wy
    
21. Redhead - co,wy
    
22. Canvasback - co,wy
    
23. Ring-necked Duck - co
    
24. Lesser Scaup - co,wy
    
25. Bufflehead - co,wy
    
26. Common Merganser - co,wy
    
27. Red-breasted Merganser - co
    
28. Ruddy Duck - co
    
29. Turkey Vulture - co,ne
    
30. Golden Eagle - co,wy
    
31. Bald Eagle - wy
    
32. Northern Harrier - co,ks,wy
    
33. Sharp-shinned Hawk - co
    
34. Cooper's Hawk - co,ne
    
35. Swainson's Hawk - co,ks,ne,wy
    
36. Red-tailed Hawk - co,wy
    
37. "Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk - co
    
38. Rough-legged Hawk - co 
    
39. American Kestrel - co,ks,ne,wy
    
40. Prairie Falcon - co
    
41. Northern Bobwhite - ks
    
42. Scaled Quail - co
    
43. Common (or Ring-necked) Pheasant (i) - co,ks
    
44. BLUE GROUSE - co
    
45. SHARP-TAILED GROUSE - co
    
46. LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN (t3) - ks 
    
47. GREATER PRAIRIE CHICKEN (nt) - co
    
48. GREATER SAGE-GROUSE - co
    
49. GUNNISON SAGE-GROUSE (t2) -co (nearly endemic to Colorado, only a few in Utah)
    
50. Wild Turkey - ks,ne
    
51. American Coot - co,wy
    
52. Sandhill Crane - co
    
53. Snowy Plover - co
    
54. Mountain Plover (t3) (r/ks) - ks
    
55. Killdeer - co,wy
    
56. American Avocet - co,wy
    
57. Black-necked Stilt - co
    
58. Lesser Yellowlegs - co
    
59. Long-billed Curlew (nt) - co,ks
    
60. Marbled Godwit - co
    
61. Baird's Sandpiper - co
    
62. Western Sandpiper - co
    
63. Least Sandpiper - co
    
64. Wilson's Snipe - co  (was called Common Snipe when conspecific with the Old World population)
    
65. Bonaparte's Gull - co
    
66. Franklin's Gull - co,ks,wy
    
67. Ring-billed Gull - co
    
68. California Gull - co,wy
    
69. Forster's Tern - co
    
70. Feral Pigeon (i) - co,ks,wy
    
71. Eurasian Collared-Dove (i) - ks,ne
    
72. Mourning Dove - co,ks,ne,wy
    
73. Great Horned Owl - ks
    
74. Burrowing Owl - co,ks,ne
    
75. White-throated Swift - co
    
76. Belted Kingfisher - co,wy
    
77. Red-bellied Woodpecker (r/co) - co
    
78. Downy Woodpecker - co
    
79. Hairy Woodpecker - co
    
80. Northern Flicker - co,ks,ne,wy  (during the tour, mostly Red-shafted form, but some Yellow-shafted in far-east Colorado, Kansas, & Nebraska) 
    
81. Dusky Flycatcher (r/ks) - ks  (a migrant) 
    
82. Gray Flycatcher - co
    
83. Eastern Phoebe - co,ks
    
84. Say's Phoebe - co
    
85. Ash-throated Flycatcher - co
    
86. Western Kingbird - ks  
    
87. Loggerhead Shrike - co,ok
    
88. Tree Swallow - co,ks,wy
    
89. Violet-green Swallow - co
    
90. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - co
    
91. Bank Swallow - co  (called Sand Martin in the Old World) 
    
92. Barn Swallow - co,ne,ok
    
93. Cliff Swallow - ks
    
94. Horned Lark - co,ks,ne,ok,wy
    
95. Steller's Jay - co
    
96. Blue Jay - co,ne
    
97. Western Scrub-Jay - co
    
98. Gray Jay - co
    
99. Clark's Nutcracker - co
    
100. Black-billed Magpie - co,ks,wy
     
101. Northern Raven - co,wy
     
102. Chihuahuan Raven - co
     
103. American Crow - co,wy
     
104. Juniper Titmouse - co
     
105. Black-capped Chickadee - co,wy
     
106. Mountain Chickadee - co,wy
     
107. Common Bushtit - co
     
108. Red-breasted Nuthatch - co,wy
     
109. White-breasted Nuthatch - co
     
110. Pygmy Nuthatch - co
     
111. Bewick's Wren - co
     
112. Marsh Wren - co
     
113. Rock Wren - co
     
114. American Dipper - co
     
115. Golden-crowned Kinglet - co
     
116. Mountain Bluebird - co,wy
     
117. Western Bluebird - co
     
118. Eastern Bluebird - co
     
119. Townsend's Solitaire - co
     
120. American Robin - co,ks,ne,wy
     
121. Hermit Thrush - co
     
122. Northern Mockingbird - co
     
123. Brown Thrasher (r/co) - co
     
124. Sage Thrasher - wy
     
125. European Starling (i) - co,ks,ne,wy
     
126. American Pipit - co,wy
     
127. Northern Parula (r/co) - co
     
128. Worm-eating Warbler (r/co) - co 
     
129. Orange-crowned Warbler - co,ks
     
130. Virginia's Warbler - co
     
131. "Audubon's" (part of Yellow-rumped) Warbler - co
     
132. "Myrtle" (part of Yellow-rumped) Warbler - co
     
133. Western Meadowlark - co,ks,ne,ok,wy
     
134. Red-winged Blackbird - co,ks,ne,wy
     
135. Yellow-headed Blackbird - co,ks,wy
     
136. Brewer's Blackbird - co,wy
     
137. Common Grackle - co,ks,ne,wy
     
138. Great-tailed Grackle - co,ks
     
139. Brown-headed Cowbird - co,ks
     
140. Northern Cardinal (r/co) - co
     
141. Spotted Towhee - co
     
142. Green-tailed Towhee - co
     
143. Canyon Towhee - co
     
144. Brewer's Sparrow - co
     
145. Chipping Sparrow - co,ne
     
146. Grasshopper Sparrow - ks
     
147. Vesper Sparrow - co,ks,ne,ok
     
148. Harris' Sparrow - co
     
149. White-crowned Sparrow - co,ks
     
150. Song Sparrow - co
     
151. "Slate-colored" (part of Dark-eyed) Junco - co,wy
     
152. "Pink-sided" (part of Dark-eyed) Junco - wy
     
153. "Gray-headed" (part of Dark-eyed) Junco - co,wy  
     
154. McCown's Longspur - co
     
155. Chestnut-collared Longspur - co
     
156. Evening Grosbeak - wy
     
157. Pine Grosbeak - co,wy
     
158. Brown-capped Rosy-Finch - co  (almost endemic to Colorado)
     
159. Cassin's Finch - co,wy
     
160. House Finch - co,ks,ne
     
161. Red Crossbill - co,wy
     
162. Pine Siskin - co,wy
     
163. American Goldfinch - ne
     
164. House Sparrow (i) - co,ks,ne,wy  

1. Coyote - co
   
2. Red Fox - co 
   
3. Northern Raccoon - co
   
4. Yellow-bellied Marmot - co  (the "Rockchuck")
   
5. Black-tailed Prairie Dog - co,ks,ne
   
6. Wyoming Ground Squirrel - co,wy  (formerly conspecific with Richardson's Ground Squirrel)
   
7. Least Chipmunk - wy
   
8. Eastern Fox Squirrel - co,ne
   
9. Red Squirrel - co
   
10. Olive-backed Pocket Mouse - co
    
11. Plains Pocket Mouse - ks
    
12. Muskrat - wy
    
13. Mountain Cottontail (has also been called Nuttall's Cottontail) - co
    
14. Desert Cottontail - co
    
15. Eastern Cottontail - co,ks
    
16. Black-tailed Jackraqbbit - ks
    
17. White-tailed Jackrabbit - co
    
18. Snowshoe (or Varying) Hare - co
    
19. Bighorn Sheep - co
    
20. (Plains) Bison (also called Buffalo) - co 
    
21. Pronghorn - co,wy
    
22. (American) Elk (also called Wapiti) - co,wy
    
23. Moose - co  (In Europe, called Elk) (As many as 10 Moose were seen during the '04  tour in Colorado.)
    
24. Mule Deer - co,wy
    
    
    Roadkills:
    
    North American Porcupine
    
    Striped Skunk
    
    gopher
    
    Tracks in snow:
    
    Pine Marten