Hello All, While trying for Common Poorwills at Liberty Point around Sunset, I stumbled into (3) Black-throated Sparrows. The sparrows are found by parking at Liberty Point in Pueblo West at the end of Purcell Blvd. The rest involves a hike that isn't for those who are out of shape. Take the trail off to the right before the flag pole and memorial. Proceed to the bottom of the cliff keeping to your right. You will pass a cement "well" just before merging with a now unused dirt road which heads WNW to a distant pass in the cliff. The first arroyo with slab rocks is where the sparrows were.
After noting the sparrows, I continued on to see where the road would go. It continued after the "pass" and I continued beyond that turning around two arroyos later. This looked like excellent southwestern type habitat. There were many of the Pueblo specialty species here including Northern Mockingbird, Curve-billed Thrashers, Canyon Towhees and Scaled Quail. Yesterday, I hiked the Goodnight River Trail which is along the south side of the Arkansas River. Noted were Orchard Oriole, Green Heron and at least one soaring Mississippi Kite. Good birding, Chris Knight Longmont, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/731bbc8e-f36e-406f-8596-4723ccd4ffd0%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
