[cobirds] Chico, ELP (BtBlue Warbler and Pygmy Nuthatch) Oct 1st

Hi all,

I birded Chico Basin Ranch (fee area) today. 

The Pueblo County side was slow, a few Yellow-rumped and Orange-crowned Warblers, also Ruby-crowned Kinglets and a Marsh Wren at the Headquarters and Rose Pond.

The El Paso Coutny side was better, my highlights follow.

Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male, still around

Pygmy Nuthatch - 1 (my first for the Ranch)

Eastern White-breasted Nuthatch - 1

Eastern Phoebe - 1

Red-naped Sapsucker - 1 female

Barn Owl - 1

Sora - 1 (walking around in some dry weeds)

Brown Thrasher - 1

Other stuff:

Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Townsend's Solitaire, Yellow-rumped and Orange-crowned Warblers, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Hermit Thrush, Interior West White-breasted Nuthatch, among other birds.

 

Brandon Percival

Pueblo West, CO