Black-throated Sparrows continue in Pueblo West (Pueblo County) below Liberty Point. This morning (9:45am Monday, 14 July) I saw one sparrow and heard a second one near it in the area described by Chris Knight and Dr. Lilly.
I walked in from the end of South Greenbrier Drive, which is near the Greenway access Dr. Lilly used. It's roughly a 1-mile walk from either of these two locations, but much easier than the Liberty Point trail. South Greenbrier Drive is reached by driving south on Purcell from Hwy 50 for about 2.5 miles to East Linden Avenue (marked by a small development called Quail Ridge), turning west on Linden, and then south on Greenbrier, (first left). Best parking seems to be along the mowed roadside on East Saddlebrook Drive. Duck under the silver gate and walk along the unused road through the "pass" to the area described by Chris and Dr. Lilly. This arroyo is lined with large rock slabs on the uphill side. If you get to the trail which goes uphill toward Liberty Point, marked by a square concrete well in the small arroyo there, you have gone a bit too far. Other bird species from this morning's walk, in no particular order: Scaled Quail Bullock's Oriole Common Nighthawk Canyon Towhee Northern Mockingbird Rock Wren Say's Phoebe Lark Sparrow Western Kingbird And a couple of interesting insects: Tarantula Hawk Velvet Ant Cheers, Margie Joy Pueblo West, 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/20140714.115639.2853.0%40webmail11.vgs.untd.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
