Hi all, A group of 15 or so birders scoped all of Pueblo Reservoir today. Highlights: MEW GULL - 1, first year at the South Shore Marina tires Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1, 3rd or 4th year bird in the SWA on NW side Pacific Loon - 1, best seen from the SWA, with a flock of Western Grebes Common Loon - 6 around the lake Bonaparte's Gull - 15-20 in the SWA and Turkey Creek Northern Mockingbird - 2 around Northern Plains Campground Swallow species - 1 flyby seen at the Reservoir (wonder if it was the same bird as last Saturday) -- the bird doesn't want to give long looks, so it is still unknown what it is. Walking around the Northern Plains Campground was good for some specialties of the area, Scaled Quail, Canyon Towhee, and Curve-billed Thrashers.
Stan and Becky Oswald, Jeannie Mitchell, Kelly Shipe, and I saw a large number birds in the northeastern part of Pueblo City Park around 2pm this afternoon. There were 30+ Yellow-rumped Warblers, also in the flock Red-breasted and White-breasted Nuthatches, Brown Creepers, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Mountain Chickadees, and Downy Woodpecker. Could be other stuff in the flock, they were moving around pretty fast. After 4pm, Jeannie, Kelly, and I saw a Black Phoebe, below Pueblo Reservoir dam, and some odd dark duck, maybe a Mexican Duck. A photo can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandonsbirdphotos/ There was a similar appearing duck here last winter too. It was a lovely day in Pueblo, light winds, cloud cover for most of the day, and very birdy at most locations. Brandon Percival Pueblo West, CO -- Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en
