It appears the Pueblo Reservoir CBC final total is going to stay at 129 species, plus 6 count week only birds. No one was able to add any other owls, and nothing else new was seen by anyone else. Five of the six count week only birds, were below the dam, in the Rock Canyon/Valco Ponds area (which was birded by two groups, and I spent most of the afternoon, trying to find some of these missing birds). There were fisherman everywhere on Saturday, along the River, in this area. This might have been the cause of missing Rusty Blackbird, Black Phoebe (which I didn't know was around still), and American Dipper. Who knows where the Harris's Sparrow and Ladder-backed Woodpecker were hiding on Saturday. So, 130+ species on a Colorado Christmas Bird Count, will have wait for another year, at least for the Pueblo Reservoir CBC.
Brandon Percival
Pueblo West, CO
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