Shorebirds at Pueblo Reservoir, Pueblo Co. 4/17

[Brandon K. Percival]

Hi all,

Since shorebirds are hard to find usually at Pueblo Reservoir, I was quite surprised to see the following this morning:  15 American Avocets, 8 Greater Yellowlegs, 5 Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Least Sandpipers, 1 Baird's Sandpiper, 4 Wilson's Snipe, and Killdeer.  All of these except the Avocets were in the grassy areas of North Picnic Road on the North Side of Pueblo Reservoir (also here, there were a couple of Savannah Sparrows.)  The Avocets were at pool below the dam.  Other things today, were a male Broad-tailed Hummingbird flying by at South Shore Marina, and an Evening Grosbeak at the South Shore Marina headquarters building.  Below the dam in Rock Canyon, the Ash-throated Flycatcher that I saw a few days ago, is still around (where they breed usually), plus House Wrens singing, quite a few Yellow-rumped Warblers, and all six species of commonly occurring Colorado swallows.

 

Good birding,

Brandon Percival
Pueblo West, CO