Pueblo Reservoir, Pueblo County 22 Jan

[Brandon]

Hi all,

I was able to join Joey Kellner, Dick Schottler, and Doug Ward for a full day of birding around Pueblo Reservoir and Valco Ponds today.

Pueblo Reservoir highlights:

Long-tailed Duck - 2

Short-billed Gull - 1 adult

Great Black-backed Gull - 1 adult

Lesser Black-backed Gull - 10+

Iceland (Thayer's) Gull - 3+

Bonaparte's Gull - 3

Yellow-billed Loon - 2

Red-throated Loon - 2

Pacific Loon - 1

Common Loon - 11+

Double-crested Cormorant - 3

Western, Horned, Eared Grebes continue

lots of Red-breasted Mergansers

Mountain Bluebirds

Loggerhead and Northern Shrike

Valco Ponds highlights:

Eastern Towhee - 1 female 

White-throated Sparrow - 1-2

Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2

A very fun cold day, though it was good to see what is still around, after the -19 degrees Pueblo had the other night.  The ice-line is still west of West Fishing Road.

Brandon Percival
Pueblo West, CO