Red-necked Grebe & Bullock's Oriole Pueblo 4/19

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Brandon K. Percival

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Apr 19, 2015, 8:29:38 PM4/19/15

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This afternoon, Margie Joy and I saw the brightly colored Red-necked Grebe, look east from North Picnic Road, near the north shore. I assume this is the same bird I saw on 12-13 April from Sailboard launching area.

Shorebirds continue to move in and out of the grassy areas at North Picnic Road at Pueblo Reservoir. In the last few days, the list of species of shorebirds follow: Marbled Godwit (up to 3), American Avocets, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Western, Least, and Baird's Sandpipers, Wilson's Snipe, a Semipalmated Plover (that Pearle and Clif photographed yesterday evening), and Killdeer. This is a pretty good list for Pueblo Reservoir. Hopefully more species to come.

While looking for a Cattle Egret (which I couldn't re-find), below Pueblo Reservoir dam, late this afternoon, a male Bullock's Oriole was in a tree, near the wooded footbridge, by Snakeskin Picnic Area.