SE Colorado Birding: Birding in Pueblo on 11-7 & 8-05

Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Birding in Pueblo on 11-7 & 8-05

I got in a little birding both yesterday and today after appointments in Pueblo. I birded the area to the west of the Pueblo Valco Ponds yesterday and saw the following waterfowl on 2 adjacent, small ponds there: 20+ Gadwall; several Mallards; several dozen Bufflehead; and a few female/imm Hooded Mergansers.

This afternoon at the Pueblo Reservoir, pictured in this photo, I saw 2 Common Loons, at least one Bonaparte's Gull (amongst the many Ring-billed and California Gulls) and many grebes (hundreds of Aechmophorus species grebes and some Eared Grebes).
SeEtta

Why bird southeast Colorado?

From our high montane areas to the riparian areas along the Arkansas River as it exits Colorado, southeast Colorado offers birding opportunities for beginners to those serious birders who seek out the less common species. We have great shortgrass and sandsage prairie birding including public areas on the Comanche National Grasslands. We have wetlands including playa lakes (playas are important shallow, depressional wetlands that provide essential habitat for waterfowl and many other bird species). We have small lakes (such as Lake Cheraw north of La Junta)and large lakes (such as John Martin Reservoir that encompasses 35 square miles) that host an impressive diversity of bird species. And we have large expanses of pinyon-juniper woodlands with their special birding opportunities.

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Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Birding in Pueblo on 11-7 & 8-05

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