I counted birds for the annual Pueblo County Fall Bird Count today, around Pueblo Reservoir, Rock Canyon, Valco Ponds, Turkey Creek, Swallows, and Pueblo West.
I didn't find anything as good as Pueblo County's first ever Le Conte's Sparrow that Bill Maynard found today, though there were a few highlights. This morning, there was a juvenile Sabine's Gull at Pueblo Reservoir off Sailboard launching area. There was also a Black Tern flying around the Reservoir today. In Rock Canyon, David Chartier and I saw 6 Townsend's Warblers, 1 Eastern Phoebe, 2 Black Phoebes, and a Bobcat. After David left later in the morning, I walked the Valco Ponds side of the river, west of Valco Ponds parking lot, the highlights were 3 Eastern Phoebes, 2 Black Phoebes (different birds that the ones in Rock Canyon), also a late Orchard Oriole, and an Ash-throated Flycatcher. Also, there was a large red racer (coachwhip) snake. At Turkey Creek this afternoon on the west side of Pueblo Reservoir, I finally found some kingbirds, which included 2 Cassin's Kingbirds, and 5 Western Kingbirds. I only saw 74 species today, it was kind of quiet, though it did get windy. Good birding. Brandon Percival Pueblo West, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
