Early Cinnamon Teal in Pueblo 1/27

[Brandon]

Chris Knight and I saw an early spring migrant male Cinnamon Teal at the South Shore Marina at Pueblo Reservoir, Pueblo County mid-day today.  It was in the cove south of the South Marina with mostly Green-winged Teal.  I don't remember seeing one this early in the year in Pueblo County before.  I know they are regular starting in early February.  Earlier this morning, saw an adult Short-billed Gull on the Arkansas River, just west of the footbridge, west of Runyon Lake in Pueblo County, seen with Chris Knight and Al Garner.  There seems to be maybe 3 or 4 Short-billed Gulls around here this winter, at least 2 adults and younger one around Pueblo Reservoir as well.

The Bohemian Waxwing invasion hasn't really happened in Pueblo County, as far as I know.  Early in January, Chris Knight saw a little flock of 12 west of the Pueblo Nature Center, since then just lots of Cedar Waxwings in that area.  Luckily, last Sunday, I got up to El Paso County, and Kara Carragher and I saw two in Pleasant Valley and then a flock of 98 in a park in Manitou Springs.  Looks like more Arctic air coming soon, so maybe Pueblo will get going with the Bohemian Waxwing invasion too.  

Good birding,

Brandon K. Percival
Pueblo West,  CO