Pueblo CBC Results Dec 15, 2022

[Brandon]

Hi all,

It was a cold day in Pueblo yesterday, for the Pueblo Christmas Bird Count, a lot of frozen water.  We ended up with 99 species of birds, plus a count week species.  10 observers helped out this year.

Highlights:

Tundra Swan - 3 adults

Eurasian Wigeon - 1 male (new for the count)

Wild Turkey - 38 (ties high count)

Black-crowned Night-Heron - 3 (new high count)

Short-billed Gull - 1 adult

White-winged Dove - 15

Western Screech-Owl - 1

Long-eared Owl - 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 (only 3rd time for the count)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 male

Winter Wren - 1

Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2

Harris's Sparrow - 1

White-throated Sparrow - 1

Swamp Sparrow - 1

Common Grackle - 1

Brown-headed Cowbird - count week

Cassin's Finch - 1 (only 4th time for the count)

Good luck to everyone going on CBCs this weekend, there's a lot of them.

Brandon Percival
Pueblo West, CO