Black Phoebe at Sinton Pond, El Paso County

[David Tonnessen]

Hello Cobirders,

I biked to Sinton Pond at around 9:00 this morning, seeing the overcast weather and how active the birds were. There were many more leaves on the shrubs and trees than I remembered seeing just three days ago. The faint sound of a calling phoebe drew me to the northwest corner of place, where I spotted the Black Phoebe, very active, over the tiny pond (not the main pond). I observed it and birded the rest of the area for the next 3 hours. Once or twice it came out and would flycatch over the large pond, but mostly it stuck to the smaller pond in the northwest corner. Though it had been vocalizing for most of the time I was there, when I left around 12:00, it was silent and mostly sitting still on its favored branch that stuck out from the middle of the pond.

The only other bird of note was a Gray Catbird, likely the one that's been wintering there, hanging out in the same spot as the phoebe.

David Tonnessen

Colorado Springs

[David Tonnessen]

One of the photos I took, but in poor light.

David Tonnessen

Colorado Springs