Following the note from Brandon Percival, we took the trail west from the
Pueblo Nature Center yesterday afternoon. We easily found a Black Phoebe
working hard from low branches right over the river. It was fun to watch.
However, we did not see or hear a Northern Cardinal. Other birds observed
Good Morning All,
The Golden-crowned Sparrow first appeared a little after 8 this
morning below the platform feeder. He spent the next 10-15 minutes
alternating between feeding under the platform feeder and retreating
in to the shrubs.
Other highlights of the morning at the feeders
Since there might be some people still interested in seeing the female or
immature WHITE-WINGED SCOTER at Pueblo Reservoir, I have an update from Margie
Joy, she is looking at it around 1030am from the boat ramp at the State
Wildlife Area on the north west side of Pueblo Reservoir this morning.
Ira Sanders called to report that he saw the younger, darker of the two
SNOWY OWLS this morning,
when it flew from the west to the east side of Harvest just north of 138th
Avenue, in the area
east and south of Barr Lake. (see a map). It has been quite
loyal to the fields near here for seems like
The White-winged Scoter was swimming around the ice-line in the State Wildlife
Area on the NW side of Pueblo Reservoir from noon to 1pm today, and then a boat
scared it off, though I was able to get some flight photos. They can be seen
at http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandonsbirdphotos/
You
Hi all
Tom McConnell and I birded in Delta County today.
The dry and cool morning turned into a wet and rainy afternoon, with wet
snow on top of McClure Pass on the way home. Best fun was finding two imm
Harris's Sparrows, but the huge flock of Red-winged Blackbirds at
Fruitgrowers Resr was
