Pygmy Nuthatch at Hasty CG, Bent County

[DUANE NELSON]

Birders, 

I saw and photographed an apparent first Bent County record of Pygmy Nuthatch this afternoon at Hasty Campground, below the dam at John Martin Reservoir. I first saw it in tall trees near campsite 73, then photographed it in a tree on top of the rectangular "hill" 50 yards to the east. 

Hasty Campground had more migrant birds today than in all of the multiple trips I've taken this fall migration season there combined. Best were: Blue-headed Vireo, Ovenbird and Hammond's Flycatcher. 

Duane Nelson

Las Animas, Bent County, CO