Quite a few interesting birds were around Pueblo Reservoir this morning, for a little while, then seemed to have disappeared.
I spotted a jaeger on the water far out from South Shore Marina at Pueblo Reservoir, that didn't look like the Long-tailed, I had seen last week. I thought, well it must be it, though then I spotted the juvenile *Long-tailed Jaeger *(which has been around for a week), out from the tires at South Shore Marina. So, I then re-looked at the other jaeger, and it was still out there, so there were TWO jaegers! The far away jaeger looked darker. I watched it in the scope sitting on the water for like 20 minutes, and finally it flew right toward me, I quickly realized this is not another Long-tailed Jaeger, then it found some terns and gulls to chase around, and flew off over the dam, this bird turned out to be a *Parasitic Jaeger!* The terns presents were mostly *Common Terns*, with a few Forster's and later one Black Tern. Late on Bill Maynard and I saw a first year *Lesser Black-backed Gull* and seven *Red-necked Phalarope* were swimming out in the middle of the Reservoir. We also had a flyby Baird's Sandpiper and two American Avocets all from near the South Shore Marina. Below the dam, near Snakeskin Picnic Area, at Lake Pueblo State Park, I saw a western race *Palm Warbler*, my first one in Colorado since 2015! It was a pretty fun couple of hours, lucky a couple other birders got to see a few of the birds mentioned above. Both jaegers seemed to be missing mid-day, however. -- Brandon Percival 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/CA%2BXeEuWfL1V4yyjdXcV0Wh14fuaKxK6sZXD_y-sHN%2BCPGtqdUg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
