COBirders,
Yesterday, Kaye Lafreniere (great find as this thing was really hidden well!) gave me a call about a YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON that she and Ingrid Huskey had found. The bird was seen again today at the small little marsh/pond on Birdsall Road. The easiest directions are to take I-25 to Exit 122 (same exit you would take for Chico Basin Ranch) then head north on Old Pueblo road about 3 miles to Birdsall road. Stay on Old Pueblo road do not turn and head towards Chico Basin. Birdsall is dead ends into a Private ranch. If you make it to this point you went about 100 or so yards too far. The pond is on the north side of the road right next to the road. The pond is on private property but can be viewed from the road. Yesterday, the bird was in a location where you could only see it from a single vantage point. You may have to move up and down the road a bit to find it and may not be able to depending on where the bird is.
A BLUE-HEADED VIREO was working high in the trees at Evergreen Cemetery. It was right near the intersection of Mt. Lincoln and Elm Street. This is just north of the Sons of Israel cemetery. The only way I found it was that it was "calling." Other birds in this area were Yellow-rumped Warblers, Chipping Sparrows, Black-capped Chickadees Townsend's Solitaire's and a single Western Tanager.
At Big Johnson Reservoir there is a Black-bellied Plover, Pectoral Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper and a youngster Sabine's Gull. Nothing else of note that I could find.
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Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs
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