Pueblo County, Sunday

[Chris Selvig]

Eager to get in some road herping on what was forecast to be a warm Spring day I piled the kids in the car and headed for northeastern Pueblo County.  My timing was off and we were just hitting "snake temperature," when we started for home.

Avian highlights:

I watched a Greater Roadrunner catch a Lesser Earless Lizard and got good photos.

At least six Burrowing Owls, of which I only got terrible photos.

FOS Swainson's Hawk near the Nixon Power Plant.

Golden Eagle.

FOS Lark Sparrows.

Curve-billed Thrasher.

Ladder-backed Woodpeckers.

Say's Phoebe.

FOS Western Kingbirds and a lone Eastern Kingbird.

American Kestrel with a small snake, almost certainly a young-of-2019 Western Hognose given the size and shape.

Prairie Falcon.

Chris Selvig

Colorado Springs