Pueblo Nature Center, along the Arkansas river, along the trail east of the Nature center.... there is a hillside of 50 ft of crumbling limestone with a rock wall running along the top (old road or something) sage/scrub in general, but cottonwoods of course along the river first spotted the bird on the hillside then it moved to the rock wall and moved along it a few times got a good look...but apparently not good enough for an id I think it was either a rock wren or sage thrasher. Plumage looked worn dirty white with faint buff streaks on throat, otherwise grey on wings & back, no yellow or brown. I thought I detected some white above the eye. Bill was fairly thin and a bit long. Build was quite slender It stopped on the wall, tilt head up like a meadowlark, and let out a brief call of perhaps just a couple notes. I did not notice any tail wagging like I would expect with a wren. Given location, habitat and behavior what is more likely? One would be a lifer, the other not. What do you think? Tx Ron Bolton Berthoud
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