Yesterday in Rio Grande Gorge, south of Lobatos Bridge, I saw a Black
Phoebe (Conejos County). There are less than a dozen reports in my
database, and we get this species every few years. Ironically, the first
SLV record that I am aware of was one found by Hugh and Urling Kingery in
1996 in
After a 3 inch snowfall overnight, I thought there might be some good
opportunities for bird and landscape photography this morning. I also wanted to
find a Black Phoebe, originally reported by Hettinger (Alamosa County).
It was a wonderful morning just for the wet snow and scenic
I received a report from Brian and Diane Underwood (and photos) of a Black
Phoebe at the Rio Grande SWA near Monte Vista (Rio Grande County). The birds
location is given as follows.
We saw the bird at the CR 3E at the Rio Grande SWA. We parked in the parking
area on the east side of 3E just
