Canon City area update--Tunnel Drive access, Eastern and Black Phoebes

[SeEttaM .]

I am back from being out of commission.  Regarding access on Tunnel Drive to the lower area around the water pumping building:  the city has always wanted to stop public access to this area since it is a part of the city's water infrastructure.  While I doubt that ISIS or some other persons/groups who want to sabotage a drinking water system for publicity has ever heard of Canon City or would find it to be the best place to make a big terrorist impact, the city had the fence installed around the new parking area for the Tunnel Drive Trail in order to fence the public out.  Rufous-crowned Sparrows can still be found by walking the trail, sometimes right at the bottom but often a mile or so up the trail.

I have seen Black Phoebes in the last 2 days as follows:

--1 at Florence River Pak

--1 seen from the MacKenzie Ave bridge over the Arkansas River

--1 at Sell's Lake

I have seen Eastern Phoebes today as follows:

--2 (foraging together) along Tunnel Drive Road (seen at several locations)

--2 (foraging together) near the Sell's Lake trailhead to the Canon City Riverwalk

I haven't got my phoebe pics up yet but I have uploaded some very good pics of Evening Grosbeaks in Lincoln Park and an Eastern Bluebird near Pathfinder Park onto my Birds and Nature blog

SeEtta Moss

Canon City

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