Today I found four juvenile type scoters at DeWeese Reservoir. I watched
them for a while and three of them eventually showed white wing patches
when they preened. The third was very similar to the other three but never
showed a white patch. It didn't look much like a Surf Scoter either.
The Sabine Gull continues at DeWeese Reservoir. It was there as late as
4:00 PM. I also saw a small white egret. It was on the far shore, but too
far to ID as to species
There was a juv. Chestnut-sided Warbler in a small grove of cottonwoods on
the shore next to the dam.
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This morning in the fields north of Wetmore I counted over 100 buteos in
an area of maybe 50 acres. Most were perched on fence posts, a few were on
the ground. None were flying. They were mixed buteo species. I
identified Red-tailed, Swainson's and a Harrier. It was private property an
This morning I spotted a Great Horned Owl nesting under the overhanging
ledge of a shear cliff about 200 ft above the ground. It was on the a butte
across the river from Pathfinder Park in Fremont Co. I assume it was
occupying an abandoned nest left by the ravens that once nested at this s
Late this afternoon there was a non-breeding Long-tailed Duck swimming on
the open water at the east Valco Pond in Canon City. Standing on the ice
were twenty-one Gr. White-fronted Geese. Dozens of Common Goldeneyes were
on the water and hundreds of geese were standing on the ice.
Earlie
This morning while I was birding at Brush Hollow Res., two Caspian Terns
showed up and proceeded to fly up and down the lake. Occasionally diving
for food. After about a half hour of continuously flying around they
disappeared.
Also at Brush Hollow were over one hundred Western Grebes, an
This morning there was a Tundra Swan and a Trumpeter Swan at the Holcim
Wetlands, on Rte 120 south of Penrose. The two stayed close together and
were rarely more than a few yards apart. This enabled comparing the head
shapes in a single scope view (and in a single camera frame.) The Tundr
This morning I was walking along CR 120 south of Penrose when a flock of
four or five dozen Rosy-Finches landed on the limestone bluff next to the
road. All of the ones I could identify were Gray-crowned Rosy-finches.
Later on at home, looking over some group photos of the flock, I only fo
Dec. 10, Huerfano County
1. Lake Maria: Lake Maria often has Swans this time of the year. On the
10th there was one, however, it was too far away to name the species.
2 Lathrop State Park: Beautiful, sunny day with no wind - a rarity. On
Lake Martin:
Barrow's Goldeneye - 1 male
This morning I found a juvenile Red-headed Woodpecker at the Florence River
Park. It was in the area of the picnic shelters that are close to the
park entrance. This is almost certainly the same juv. RHWO that I saw near
these picnic shelters on October 28.
Also at the park were two Easte
This morning I visited Lake Trinidad SP (Las Animas) and was amazed by the
variety of ducks, loons, grebes, etc on the water. The highlights were:
Common Loon - 2
Red-throated Loon - 1
Red-necked Grebe - 2
Surf Scoter - 1
White-winged Scoter - 1
Long-tailed Duck - 1
This morning there was a Juv. (or maybe Fem.) Surf Scoter at the Valco
Pond west of Mackenzie Ave in Canon City. It was with the numerous ducks,
geese, etc. that have been here since the cold snap.
Around noon, a huge flock of hundreds of geese descended en masse on the
east Valco Pond. I
This morning I found a male Canada Warbler on the eastern section of the
Riverwalk. It was moving around in the vines and lower branches of the
large cottonwoods along the trail about 200 yds. west of the old MacKenzie Ave
parking area. (The old parking area is about a 1/4 mile walk from t
The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher that I saw July 8 along Rte 67 in Fremont Co.
was present at the same location this morning. This is 0.75 miles (as
measured) north of the Custer Co. line. Or south of the driveway with the
FOR SALE sign. This morning it was conspicuously perched on a power l
This morning as I was driving to Wetmore on Rte 67, I saw a Scissor-tailed
Flycatcher flying alongside the highway. It was seen 0.75 miles north of
the Custer County line. I pulled off into a driveway and was able to get a
scope view of it perched on the fence along the highway. It didn't
This morning at Holcim I had a single look at a Least Bittern as it flew
by me along the south shore of the marsh. Later I heard a LEBI cooing a few
times. Same one I suppose.
Bad news at the wetlands! The flooded Arkansas River has eroded away a
large piece of its bank at the northeast
Yesterday and today I watched and photographed a black headed gull at
DeWeese Reservoir which I am about 90% certain was a breeding plumage Laughing
Gull. I was 100% certain until I read K. Kaufman's caution that some first
summer Franklin's Gulls can resemble an adult Laughing Gull.
The w
I had a productive day birding in the Salida area yesterday, May 19.
There was a breeding plumage Palm Warbler at the southeast corner of Sands
Lake. At Frantz Lake I found two Northern Waterthrushes along inlet water
ditch. Another Northern Waterthrush was seen on the shore of a small,
This morning there was a male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Rouse Park in
Canon City. It was in the pines
next to the Dewey St. parking lot on the west side of the park.
Also this morning, there were thirteen Gr. White-fronted Geese in a field
west of Willow St and south of Elm St. in the mids
I spent a windy day birding the lakes near Walsenburg in Huerfano CO.
At Lake Maria (five miles east of Walsenburg on SR10) there were fifteen
swans. Three of them were close enough to identify as Trumpeter Swans. The
other twelve were too far away. With the distant swans was a single
Am
This afternoon I found a Northern Parula at Lathrop State Park. It was
moving thru small trees beside the road between Lake Martin and Horseshoe
Lake - next to the Duck Pond.
On Lake Martin were three Common Loons and a Red-necked Grebe. I think
these were reported previously.
There wer
This afternoon there was a juvenile Little Gull on the lake at West
Fisherman's Point. I watched it for about an hour. It mostly stayed west of
the
point out near the island. It occasionally flew but not far. At one
point it was next to two juv. Sabine Gulls; it was noticeably smaller.
This morning there was an adult Tricolored Heron standing on the west shore
at Holcim Wetlands. I assume it was the same one that was here last
week. There were also two Green Herons here.
Rich Miller
Canon City
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Sunday morning there was a singing Northern Parula at the riverwalk
parking lot at the end of Sell Ave. This morning I found it again at the same
location, zz-uping away. Both times it was in the dense cluster of
small trees at the west end of the parking lot.
Rich Miller
Canon C
This afternoon there were seven (plus one) swans a-swimming in the east
Valco Pond on MacKenzie Ave. I believe they all were Tundra Swans. Most but
not all had the yellow lore spot. A second opinion on these would be
welcomed (if they stick around.)
Rich Miller
Canon City
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Early this morning a single Common Redpoll showed up at my backyard feeder
in Canon City, among the usual sparrows, goldfinches and doves. It stayed
long enough to have its picture taken and then flew off. I haven't seen
it since.
Rich Miller
Canon City
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This weekend the hackberry trees at the Riverwalk and Veteran's Park came
alive with migrants. There were numerous Yellow-rumped Warblers, Townsend
Warblers and Ruby-crowned Kinglets. Also several Orange-crowned Warblers,
one Black and White Warbler and one Magnolia Warbler were seen. At
Today there were hundreds of sparrows, mostly White-crowned and Song, in
the brushy areas around the Holcim Wetlands. Highlights were a
White-throated Sparrow and a brilliantly rusty, eastern-type Fox Sparrow.
It came as no surprise when a flock of 137 Sandhill Cranes were seen
flying wes
This morning while walking the south shore of the marsh, I flushed a Least
Bittern from the cattails along the shore. It flew to the center of the
marsh and disappeared. This is the first time I've seen a Least Bittern
here this year. It was at the same location where the LEBIs were seen l
I went to Pueblo Mountain Park to see the Acorn Woodpeckers and immediately
found one at the location described in the CO Rare Bird Alert. I also
saw one at a similarly pock-marked dead ponderosa next to the creek just
west of the horseshoe building.
While hiking around the park I found a
I spent most of the day birding around the DeWeese Reservoir SWA.
Fifty-nine species were seen. Highlights were:
1 fm - Summer Tanager (next to dam)
1 alt - Common Loon
1 - American Bittern (stalking the shore of the willow island)
1 - Black-necked Stilt
1 - Sora
Doz
This afternoon I saw the previously reported fem/imm White-winged Scoter
at the Lake Pueblo SWA. It was right at the western ice limit.
Rich Miller
Canon City
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This morning there was an adult Mew Gull at Minnequa Lake in Pueblo. It
was with several hundred gulls clustered together on the ice at the center of
the lake. Minnequa Lake is in south Pueblo near Saint Mary-Corwin
Hospital.
This afternoon I saw two very large, all-white gulls on the ti
Today was my best day yet this fall for migrant songbirds in Canon City.
This morning I found an all red, male Summer Tanager along the Arkansas
Riverwalk. It was about 150 yds. west of the MacKensie Ave parking lot.
Other
migrants seen today on the Riverwalk were a Northern Waterthrush,
This morning the Least Bittern at the Holcim Wetlands was much more active
than usual. It flew across the area of open water on the south shore of
the marsh 7 or 8 times in the space of an hour. I was able to get a few
blurry photos of it in flight.
Rich Miller
Canon City
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Late this morning I flushed the Least Bittern as I was walking along the
south shore of the marsh. It disappeared into the tall cattails near the
center of the marsh. After an hour's wait it hadn't reappeared. My viewing
time of the bittern in the three trips to Holcim is about 14 seconds
Yesterday morning while I was walking around the cattail marsh at the
Holcim Wetlands, a Least Bittern flushed up from the shoreline and flew off
into
the tall cattails. I went back to the car and got my camera, but never
got another look at it.
I returned this morning hoping for a pictur
While birding this morning in the Salida area, I found a WORM-EATING
WARBLER at the Frantz Lake SWA. It was in the underbrush up on the hillside
just south of the SWA parking lot. I went back to my car to get my camera.
It took over an hour to refind the WEWA, and then it flew off before
I spent most of the day birding at DeWeese Reservoir. A total of 67
species were seen in this area. Highlights were:
Chestnut-sided Warbler1 fem
Magnolia Warbler1 male
Northern Parula1 male
Black and White Warbler1 male
Hooded Warbers2 fem. (one had
This morning I found a Yellow-throated Vireo in cottonwoods along the
eastern section of the Canon City riverwalk, a.k.a. the Brookside Jct Trail.
It was about 200 yds west of the 3/4 mile trail marker, where the river
makes a sharp bend. As best as I could tell with my limited hearing, i
This morning I found a male Hooded Warbler in the willows along Grape Creek
just below the DeWeese Res. dam. There were also a few Wilson Warblers
and many Yellow-rumps in the willow thicket here.
The reservoir is full and overflowing at the spillway. With almost no
exposed shoreline, the
This morning I found a juvenile plumaged sapsucker of the Red-naped or
Yellow-bellied type along Greenwood Rd. in Wetmore. I couldn't tell by
observation which it was. However, conventional wisdom holds that any
juvenile
of these two found in winter is the Yellow-bellied. (Also per Kaufm
This afternoon I refound the Pine Warbler that has been at the Arkansas
Riverwalk in Canon City for about a week now. As before it was near the 1/2
mile marker on the Bluff Trail. It was in the small trees about 100 yds
north of the trail marker.
There was also a female Williamsons Sapsuc
I found a Pine Warbler this morning while doing a GBBC along the Arkansas
Riverwalk in Canon City. It was just west of the 1/2 mile marker on the
Bluff Trail, in with a bunch of juncos and chickadees next to the trail.
It's likely the same one found near here by the DFO last Thursday. It
This morning I saw a juv. Red-headed Woodpecker in Wetmore, Custer Co. It
was in the cottonwoods along Hardscrabble Creek across from the Wetmore
Community Center. No doubt it was the same one I saw at this location one
month ago. In addition to being out of range and out of season, it ap
This morning I found a juvenile Red-headed Woodpecker in Wetmore, Custer
Co. It was in a large, dead cottonwood along Hardscrabble Cr. across from
the Wetmore Community Center. The brown head showed some traces of red. I
got a few pictures before it flew.
North of Wetmore there were four
There was a juvenile Black-legged Kittiwake today at Lathrop SP in Huerfano
Co.(See Note) It was with dozens of gulls, mostly Ring-billed, on
Martin Lake. When it landed on the ice, I was able check out the legs which
were very small as expected. Instead of being black or even dark, howe
Today I found the following birds at Pueblo Res. in Pueblo Co.:
1 Common Loon, near the dam
1 Pacific Loon, at the SWA
1 Lesser Black-back Gull, in the North Marina lagoon
I Long-tailed Duck, at Fishermans Point
? - Black-backed Gull, on the South Marina tires, I think it
Surprisingly in the near summer-like weather today, there was a SNOW
BUNTING north of Wetmore near the Fremont Co. border. It was feeding along
the
roadside near the intersection of CR 298 and CR 297. The plumage appeared
to be 1st winter. Eventually it flew north across the road into Fr
Early yesterday morning there were about a dozen gulls on the water in the
middle of Lake Martin at Lathrop SP. They were mostly Ring-bills plus one
juv. Sabine's and one unknown.
The unk. gull was a long way off, but I was able to observe the following
using my scope at 60X:
Size -
This morning there was a Tricolored Heron at the Holcim Marsh in eastern
Fremont Co. It was out in the tall cattails in the middle of the marsh.
Not easy to find or get a good look at. I got the best views of it looking
down on the marsh from the high point in the parking lot, using a sco
Hi All
This morning (Tuesday) I found a Kentucky Warbler in the willow thicket at
the base of the dam at DeWeese Res. Coincidently, or maybe not, there was
one at this same spot last spring.
Also of interest at DeWeese today were a Green Heron and three Long-billed
Curlews.
Rich Miller
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This morning while birding the riverwalk in Canon City, I found a
Yellow-throated Vireo along the Bluff Trail. It was in the small trees
between the
Bluff Trail and the Ropes Course. It was mostly silent except for one
short, burry three-phrase burst.
Warblers seen on the riverw
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This morning I found the Golden-crowned Sparrow at Tunnel Dr.in Canon
City. It has just about completed its molt to breeding plumage.
Also at Tunnel Dr. today were:
Rock Wren
Curve-billed Thrasher
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (male drumming)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Barrow's Goldeneye f
Hi all,
This morning an Eastern Kingbird made a brief appearance in the plowed
field behind my house. This is the earliest I've seen one in CO. In fact
it's the first I've seen in the month of April.
Rich Miller
Canon City
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Today there was a Sage Sparrow on the south side of DeWeese Reservoir at
the parking lot next to the dam. It was struting around on the ground next
to my car while I was eating lunch. I was able get some good for-the
-record pictures shooting out of the car window.
To my surprise
Colorado's other Golden-crowned Sparrow continues its winter sojourn at
Tunnel Drive in Canon City. This morning it was on the ground with several
White-crowned Sparrows next to the metal gate at the end of Tunnel Drive.
This is its fourth winter at Tunnel Dr. Also seen in the area were t
This morning I found a Field Sparrow in with a dozen or so juncos at Runyon
Lake in Pueblo. The juncos and sparrow were seen along the creek that
flows out of the lake into the Arkansas River.
This Field Sparrow had a plain gray face and underparts. The the crown
was rufous but there was
I checked out Pueblo Res. yesterday (12/29) for waterfowl. There were
there were hundreds, possibly thousands, of ducks on the water.Mostly C.
Goldeneyes and C. Mergansers west of the North Shore Marina. Unfortunately
this area was a shooting gallery. Whenever there was a volley of gun
This morning there was an adult Mew Gull at Runyon Lake in Pueblo. It was
on the ice with dozens of Ring-billed Gulls. There were also a few
Herring Gulls here. Runyon Lake is frozen over except for a small area of
open
water where the stream enters the lake.
I spent a couple hours this
This morning I got a couple of good looks at the Golden-crowned Sparrow
that's been at Tunnel Dr. since October. It was in brush next to the metal
gate at the end of Tunnel Dr. It can sometimes be hard to find; my success
rate is only about 50%. There were also several Rufous-crowned Sparr
I stopped at Veterans Park in Canon City this morning to see if the
Black-throated Blue Warbler was still around. I found the BTBW plus a
Blackburnian Warbler nearby. There were also several Yellow-rumped Warblers
in the
park. These warblers were all found in the hackberry trees behind t
Around noon today I found a male Black-throated Blue Warbler at Veteran's
Park in Canon City. Its was feeding in the hackberry trees behind the
Tourist Info Center. The were also many Yellow-rumped Warblers around the
park. Veterans Park is on US 50 at the west end of town.
Earlier this
This morning I found a Golden-crowned Sparrow at the end of Tunnel Dr. in
Canon City. It was in brush alongside the dirt road that goes down to the
brick pump house. It's almost certainly the same GCSP that was here the
past three winters, staying through the end of March. I haven't seen a
This morning I found a female Prothonotary Warbler along the eastern
section of the Arkansas Riverwalk in Canon City. It was with several Wilson
Warblers about 200 yds west of the MacKenzie Av. trailhead parking lot.
The female PRWA could be easily overlooked in a group of Wilson Warblers.
I posted this yesterday, but I don't think it went through. So I'll try
again.
Yesterday I found a noisy, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER at the Osprey Picnic
Ground in the Rock Canyon section of Pueblo State Park. It was churring away
in the tops of the tall cottonwoods near the circle at the end
Today I found a noisy, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER at the Osprey Picnic Ground
in the Rock Canyon section of Pueblo State Park. It was churring away in
the tops of the tall cottonwoods near the circle at the end of the access
road. If it stays around it shouldn't be too hard to find. It was ve
Apparently undisturbed by the crowd of fishermen, the RED-THROATED LOON
was still present at Brush Hollow Reservoir this morning. Other waterfowl
present were Canada Geese, Coots and Western Grebes - species which seem to
be tolerant of the human activity.
Rich Miller
Canon City
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Usually I don't expect much when I check out Brush Hollow Reservoir this
time of year because of the heavy use by fishermen. Early this morning,
however, I was amazed to find a basic RED-THROATED LOON out in the middle of
the res. just off the boat launching ramp. I was able to get some pre
This morning I saw a stunning male Summer Tanager in a cottonwood tree at
near the eastern end of the Arkansas Riverwalk in Canon City. Also, many
Western Tanagers were out and about along the riverwalk.
The riverwalk was teeming with Yellow-rumped Warblers this morning. I
counted over 10
I spent today birding in Custer Co. and had my first multiple warbler
species day (six) of the year. The highlight was a KENTUCKY WARBLER found in
the willow thicket below the dam at DeWeese Res. This thicket is almost
impenetrable but I was able to see birds moving around in it by looking
The Golden-crowned Sparrow continues its winter sojourn at Tunnel Drive in
Canon City. It's usually found in the brushy area just west of the trailhead
parking lot at the end of Tunnel Dr. This morning I spotted it in a bush
next to the metal gate at the road to the pumphouse.
Tunnel Dri
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