Valco Ponds/Rock Canyon, Pueblo Co. 9/13-9/14

[Brandon Percival]

I walked Valco Ponds and Rock Canyon, below Pueblo Reservoir dam, Pueblo County, this last two mornings.  Both sides of the River.  A total of 83 species for the two days.

14 September highlights (69 species):

Northern Waterthrush - 2

Townsend's Warbler - 5 (one singing!)

Cassin's Vireo - 1

Black Phoebe - 1

Eastern Phoebe - 2

Peregrine Falcon - 1

Cassin's Kingbird - 1

Plumbeous Vireo - 2

MacGillivray's Warbler - 1

Orange-crowned Warbler - 2

Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1

Mexican Duck - 1

13 September highlights (63 species):

American Redstart - 1

Northern Waterthrush - 1

Townsend's Warbler - 2

Cassin's Vireo - 3

Pygmy Nuthatch - 1 (not regular along the river)

Black Phoebe - 1

Ladder-backed Woodpecker - 1

Pink-sided Junco - 1 (my first of the fall)

Orange-crowned Warbler - 1

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Brandon Percival
Pueblo West, CO