While in Pueblo yesterday for an appointment I did a little birding at Lake Minnequa, a smallish lake on the south side where the city has made some improvements. I was pleased to see a juvenile Prairie Falcon perched in an old cottonwood near some nice, albeit, small prairie area. There was a small prairie-dog town there and after the Prairie Falcon was gone a male American Kestral took up the watch. A few Western Meadowlarks were also scattered around the sprawling new park area and some current Black-billed Magpie nest were in evidence.
I stopped at Holcim Wetlands (CR120 east of Florence) where the heronry has grown nicely in the past 2 weeks with 35-40 Great Blue Heron nests and (so far) only 2 Double-crested Cormorant nests. At least 2 herons were on eggs. A flock of about 65 Sandhill Cranes flew over, a large flock for Fremont County. Photo of crane flyover and tonight's SuperMoon are on my BirdsAndNature <http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com> I checked Brush Hollow Reservoir--water level is high but no waterfowl or even gulls. Phoebes that look and sound like Black Phoebes (too many hybrid BlackXEasterns to know without very close views) are moving along the Arkansas River in Fremont County. I spotted one east of Florence several days ago and then one at friend's property near Canon City today. I suspect that these birds are overwintering in the area, likely near the several locations that have warm water (including several hot springs) that would support more insect food during cold months. I haven't seen any Williamson's Sapsuckers or the Red-naped Sapsucker for about a week--I believe they have migrated back up to their breeding areas. SeEtta Moss Canon City http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.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.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
