[cobirds] Pueblo Labor Day (Sept 3rd) -- N. Parula/Blackpoll Warbler etc.

Van Truan and I birded a few Pueblo area spots this morning.  It was cloudy for most of it, which was good.

Pueblo City Park (mostly along the Frisbee Golf Course Creek)

Northern Parula - 2 (1 male, 1 young bird)

Cassin's Vireo - 1

Townsend's Warbler - 1

MacGillivray's Warbler - 2

Hammond's Flycatcher - 2

Olive-sided Flycatcher - 1

Warbling Vireo - 2

Western Tanager - 2

also, Wilson's and Yellow Warblers, Mountain Chickadees, Red-breasted and White-breasted Nuthatches.

The roosting flock of Turkey Vultures in the eastern part of the park, had a Swainson's Hawk with them.

Rock Canyon side of the River, near the Swim Beach:

Townsend's Warbler - 1

Virginia's Warbler - 1

Solitary Sandpiper - 1

Green-tailed Towhee - 1

Wilson's and Yellow Warblers

Snakeskin Picnic Area (south side of Arkansas River):

Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 juvenile

Blackpoll Warbler - 1

Virginia's Warbler - 1

MacGillivray's Warbler - 1

Brown Thrasher - 1

Wilson's and Yellow Warblers

Osprey Picnic Area in Rock Canyon:

Eastern Phoebe - 1

Townsend's Warbler - 1

Brown Thrasher - 1

Willow Flycatcher - 2

Wilson's and Yellow Warblers

Along Arkansas River, below Pueblo Reservoir dam:

Baird's, Western, Least Sandpipers, also Spotted Sandpiper and Killdeer

Lake Minnequa in Pueblo:

Baird's, Western, Least Sandpipers, Wilson's Phalarope and Killdeer

Brandon Percival

Pueblo West, CO