Chris Knight and I got over to the South Shore Marina tires at Pueblo Reservoir, a little before 8am, and were surprised to see a shorebird running around on the tires with the gulls. The shorebird turned out to be a DUNLIN! The bird was seen for maybe 10 minutes, and then it flew never to be seen again! The DFO group was a few minutes too late, and were not able to see the bird.
Other birds of note at Pueblo Reservoir today, all seen by the DFO Field Trip, were a couple of Common Loons, one Pacific Loon, one first year Lesser Black-backed Gull, and an adult Northern Shrike. The usual Pueblo specialty birds were in the parking lot at the South Shore Marina, two each of Curve-billed Thrashers and Canyon Towhees. Over in the rocks in North East Corner of the Reservoir, there were Rock Wrens, and Mountain Bluebirds. Later in the afternoon, near the South Shore Marina, we added Scaled Quail and Bushtits. Pueblo City Park had the usual things, no luck with any sapsuckers, though all three nuthatches, Brown Creeper, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Mountain Chickadees, Townsend's Solitaires, and Yellow-rumped Warblers. Chris and I saw a Say's Phoebe at Sailboard launching area parking lot this morning as well, and a few Bonaparte's Gulls off West Fishing Road, that weren't seen by the DFO Trip. 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/1383525369.44109.YahooMailNeo%40web164704.mail.gq1.yahoo.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
