Hi all, If want to see the warblers in Pueblo, do it fast. Arctic air coming starting Thursday, likely some of these warblers won't be there much longer.
The Yellow-throated Warbler in Pueblo City Park, first found on 19 November by Mark Yaeger, is usually in the pines in the north east part of the park. On count morning, it was near the yellow mail box, just south of the HQ building, by the road, in the pines/ The Chestnut-sided Warbler along the Arkansas River, east of Pueblo City Park, first found by me on 15 November, is usually somewhere between Reservoir Drive and the Railroad Bridge to the west. On count afternoon, it was barely moving in the sun, along the south side of the River, just east of Reservoir Drive. Sometimes you have look across the river, under the olives to see the bird feeding in the rocks. This bird seemed a little weak on count day, maybe it was just sunning herself, and didn't want to move much. The Prairie Warbler first found on 5 December by me, is hanging out usually north a little of the fisherman's parking lot, below Pueblo Reservoir dam (directly west of Pay Station), in the olives and willows, there is also a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher here. The Northern Parula was a count day (16 December) find by Lisa Edwards and me, it was in olives mostly, not far west of Valco Ponds parking lot in Pueblo. Three of the four warblers are getting insects from the Russian Olives, which are being taken out in many areas of Colorado. People don't seem to know, how important Russian Olives are to birds in Colorado. Oh well. -- 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/CA%2BXeEuWoTmfaiRPyFqvmrYtSRRddR8VNqwM2AC6L_Y5izSED5A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
