[cobirds] Pueblo birding 5/23

Hi all,

I helped with the DFO Field Trip today around Pueblo, I ended with 92 species of birds, though I started at 630am, the group appeared around 800am.  We also saw a Tiger Salamander in Pueblo City Park.

Bird Highlights:

Pueblo City Park:

Blackpoll Warbler - 1 male

Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 adult

Green Heron - 2

Mississippi Kite - 2

Olive-sided Flycatcher - 1

Cordilleran Flycatcher - 1

Black-chinned Hummingbird on a nest

Pygmy and Red-breasted Nuthatches

Mountain Chickadees

Below Pueblo Reservoir dam, mostly Rock Canyon:

American Redstart - 1 female

Blue Grosbeak - 1 male

Chimney Swift - 1

all the normal six species of swallows

Cattail Crossing Pond in Pueblo West:

Peregrine Falcon - 1

White-winged Dove - 1

Dusky Flycatcher - 1

lots of Great-tailed Grackle

adult and baby American Coots

Brandon Percival
Pueblo West, CO