Pueblo reservoir, raptors

[Deborah Carstensen]

I went with Claire Montour to Pueblo to see the waterfowl that a had been reported. We didn’t see a lot of water fowl but we saw a lot of other cool birds !

    We were joined by birder Chris from Manitou Springs

Shrike (fly by, ? Species)

Prairie falcon in pursuit of a killdeer. The pursuit           went on for some time but the Killdeer finally got away with faster, tighter maneuvering.

Merlin- flew in with and feasted on small songbird
Northern Harrier juv. 

Kestrel 

Red-tailed  hawk

Red breasted merganser

Horned grebe

Pied billed Grebe 

Western grebes-around 50

Coots- >200

Cassins finch – 2

Gulls— I’m not even going to go there…

I’m sure there was more to be seen but we really enjoyed what we did see there. There was no wind, it was 70°, it was beautiful – what more could we have wanted ?

     

Deb Carstensen, Arapahoe county

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[Egret]

 

This is the best Merlin photo I got. Download it if you'd like

Chris Brobin

Manitou Springs.