[cobirds] Pueblo birding 4/17

I visited several spots around Pueblo today.  I found 71 species of birds.  Highlights follow:

Pueblo Reservoir:

Common Loon - 2 (1 alternate and 1 basic) off Sailboard launching Area

Herring Gull - 1 immature

Valco Ponds:

Eastern Phoebe - 1 west of Valco Ponds parking lot

Mountain Chickadee - 1 west of Valco Ponds parking lot

Rock Canyon:

House Wren - 1 singing (my first of the spring)

Eastern Phoebe - 2 (east end of Osprey Picnic Area -- this is a new location, unless this is the pair from the Valco Bridge, there are now 7 Eastern Phoebes around Pueblo, that I know of!

Snowy Egret - 1 (standing in a puddle in the road, by the Rock Canyon Swim Beach parking lot)

four species of swallows

Pueblo City Park:

Pygmy Nuthatch - 2

Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1

Townsend's Solitaire - 1

 

Cattail Crossing pond in Pueblo West:

Snowy Egret - 1 (found by Margie Joy)

Canvasback - 2

Yellow-rumped Warblers and Ruby-crowned Kinglets were singing at a few of these locations as well.

Brandon Percival

Pueblo West, CO