This morning I was surprised to find a singing Bell's Vireo at Valco Ponds SWA in Pueblo. It was singing continuously for a half a hour, when I was trying to get photos of it.
There are two ways to get to this bird. You can park at Valco Ponds parking lot, along Hwy 96, and walk to the last pond (3rd pond), and keep walking east, until you are almost past the pond. On your right (south) there are lots of olives, this is where the bird was. If you would rather not park at Valco Ponds parking lot, the other closest place to park, is the eastern end of the Osprey Picnic Area on the North side of the river. You'll have to walk east and then follow the river to the Valco Bridge, cross the bridge to south side of the river and go west to about where the 3rd Valco Pond appears, and on your left (south) is where the bird was. Also, when I was at the east end of the 3rd Valco Pond, when I was walking around it, a green colored bunting -- Painted Bunting flew out of the willows, and went to west side of the pond. I didn't go back there, to try to re-find it. I wasn't able to get photos of this bird, as I mostly only saw it in flight. This was my 3rd green plumage Painted Bunting this spring in Colorado! Since these two species breed in other parts of Colorado, these birds are probably not of interest to most people, except for a few local people. It is a long walk (a mile at least) from either of the two parking lots, unfortunately. The only other thing of note, on my five mile hike this morning, were four Bonaparte's Gulls on the Fish Hatchery Ponds, west of Valco Ponds parking lot/east of Snakeskin Picnic Area parking lot. Good birding, Brandon Percival Pueblo West, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/595653047.1722901.1432507917451.JavaMail.yahoo%40mail.yahoo.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
