Three birders from the south (two from El Paso Co. and me from Pueblo Co.), came north to walk around the lovely Chatfield Botanical Gardens on this lovely day, with many other birders. As far as I know, no flycatchers were found. It is a cool place, which I had not been to before. We saw a nice flock of small birds: Bushtits, Brown Creepers, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, etc. Also, two adult Bald Eagles flew over.
Later, a quick stop at the Fishing Pier (which I call murrelet point, since some people lucky people have seen two species of murrelets from here -- I am not of one of those lucky people unfortunately) at Chatfield Reservoir, yielded: Red-necked Grebe (one), Greater White-fronted Goose, Bonaparte's Gulls, American White Pelican, Red-breasted Mergansers, Common Goldeneye, etc.
It was nice to see or wave at some of my birding friends from Northern Colorado today, since I'm always a rare sight north of Monument Hill, I don't see some of these people very often (unless they come south).
Good birding,
Brandon Percival
Pueblo West, CO
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