$956
Raised of $500
Clear Creek Crossbills
Team Profile
Team participating in 2025 Colorado Birding Challenge
Takes place Sep 6, 2025
Captained by Nathan Pieplow
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On September 6, we are going to try to find as many species of birds as possible in Clear Creek County, Colorado, to support Colorado Field Ornithologists and its conservation mission.
No pressure, of course. But our donors will get a bird named after them.*
Sincerely,
The Clear Creek Crossbills
Nathan Pieplow
Will Anderson
Luke Pheneger
Brian Genge
*meaning we will take pictures of individual birds and then name them after our donors, e.g., "This one looks like a Kyle." Yes, you will receive a photo.
About the Event
Sep 6, 2025
Team Members 3
Nathan Pieplow
Luke Pheneger
Brian Genge
Brian Genge
3 mo. ago
84
bird species
$0.96
Per bird species
$80.64
Earned
We had a fantastic day in Clear Creek county and exceeded our expectations. Here was our highlight of the day, a Magnolia Warbler!
Nathan Pieplow
3 mo. ago
84
bird species
$1.37
Per bird species
$115.08
Earned
The crossbills crushed it in Clear Creek County. It's safe to say we didn't expect anywhere near the 84 species we got. But it was an amazing day of migration in the high country. Every strip of riparian willows was bursting with warblers. The fields were full of sparrows. Raptors were on the move over the mountains.
The biggest highlight was the Magnolia Warbler we found at Alvarado Open Space Park, a first record for the county. Other terrific finds included a Nashville Warbler, multiple Clay-colored Sparrows, a Northern Pygmy-Owl, Eastern and Western Kingbirds, Western Bluebird, and Lesser Goldfinch. We finished with a Boreal Owl on the road to Guanella Pass.
Given the lack of surface water in the county, we were pretty happy with our haul of three duck species and one sandpiper, although it would have been nice to get a goose or a heron. We finished without a single blackbird or swallow.
Enormous thanks to our donors. As promised, we named a bird after each and every one, from Ashley the Osprey to Peter the pygmy-owl.
https://ebird.org/tripreport/409115
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