Pueblo birds on 1/25

[Brandon]

Van Truan and I birded Pueblo Reservoir this afternoon.  We started this morning at Cattail Crossing Pond in Pueblo West, where the possible Mexican Duck continues. 

We then enjoyed the goose show in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, saw the Black Brant, Greater White-fronted Goose, Snow Goose, Ross's Goose, and a couple hybrid geese too.  Along with other Colorado Springs birders, we saw a female Williamson's Sapsucker (which turned out to be the only Sapsucker we saw today).  We decided to go to Canon City and try for Sapsuckers and other birds, and stuck out.  We forgot to go to one of the Sapsuckers places, which we found out when we got home, did have sapsuckers today.  Oh well.  

We then birded Pueblo Reservoir, where our luck changed, saw the continuing Yellow-billed Loon (note this bird has a yellow upturned bill and is tan colored), 7 Common Loons (which are not the same color as the Yellow-billed Loon), Red-necked Grebe, Pacific Loon, Field Sparrow, Great Black-backed, several Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Iceland (Thayer's) Gull, Double-crested Cormorant.  We saw a hybrid gull, which may be a Glaucous-winged x Herring Gull.  It has a two toned bill, that looks like a Glaucous Gull, though the wing tips look more like Glaucous-winged.  There are photos on the ebird checklist.

Always fun to bird with my uncle, and see some fun birds.

Good birding,

Brandon K. Percival

Pueblo West, CO