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• Loons Order: Gaviiformes:
• Family: Gaviidae:
• Common Loon (Gavia immer): At Pueblo Res. in December, 1999
• Grebes Order: Podicipediformes
  • Family: Podicipedidae
  • Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena):Seen off Meyer's Point, near Ithaca, NY, Dec-2005.
  • Horned Grebes (Podiceps auritus): Two Horned Grebes an the N. Shore Marina.
  • Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis): Near Bald Eagle Viewing area at Pueblo Res.
• Pelicans-Cormorants-Anhinga Order: Pelecaniformes
  • Pelicans Family: Pelecanidae
  • American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos): Near Turkey Creek area at Pueblo Res.
• Herons-Ibis-Vultures Order: Ciconiiformes
  • Family: Ardeidae
  • Snowy Egret(Egretta thula): Seen on the 2000 CFO Convention, Grand Junction.
  • Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias): Perched in a dead Cottonwood in the Olive Marsh.
  • Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax): Seen at City Park, late summer 1999.
  • Family: Threskiornithidae
  • White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi): At Comanchee Lake (Colorado City) on International Migratory Bird Day 1999
  • Family: Cathartidae
  • Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura): Seen around the Pueblo area.
• Waterfowl Order: Anseriformes
  • Family: Anatidae
  Geese-Swans Subfamily: Anserinae
  
  • Barnacle X Canada Geese (Branta leucopsis X B. canadensis): Seen at Pueblo City Park during the Pueblo Res. CBC, 1999.
  • Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii): An odd "cackler" with a whitish supercillium.
  • Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens): A Snow Goose from Pueblo City Park.
  • Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator): Trumpeter Swans at Swallows.
  Ducks-Mergansers Subfamily: Anatinae
  • Wood Duck (Aix sponsa): Wood Ducks from City Park.
  • Eurasion Wigeon (Anas penelope): Immature male seen in Pueblo (City Park) in January 2000.
  • American Widgeon (Anas americana): American Wigeon at City Park.
  • Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos): A few birds from mostly the Ithaca, NY area.
  • Mallard X American Black Duck: A hybrid seen in Ithaca, NY on Cayuga Lake, 12/2005.
  • Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata): A male Shoveler from Pueblo City Park.
  • Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca): A male Green-winged Teal on the Arkansas near Runyon Lake.
  • Canvasback (Aythya valisineria): At Firehouse Ponds in Blende, December 1999.
  • Redhead (Aythya americana): With above Canvasback in December.
  • Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis): Two Lesser Scaup seen just up the Arkansas from Runyon Lakes.
  • Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula): Common Goldeneye above the falls near Runyon.
  • Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus): Male and Female Hooded Mergansers from Ithaca, NY and Pueblo City Park.
  • Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator): A Red-breasted Merganser at the Pueblo Res., January 2000.
  • Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis): Male near Rio Grande Res. on June 13 1999
• Hawks-Falcons-Osprey Order: Falconiformes
  • Osprey Family: Accipitridae
  Subfamily: Pandioninae
  
  • Osprey (Pandion haliaetus): Pictures of flying and perched birds.
  Kites-Hawks-Eagles Subfamily: Accipitrinae
  • Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis): Some Pueblo birds.
  • Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus): Adult and immature birds.
  • Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii): A Young Cooper's seen on the Pueblo Res. CBC, 1999.
  • Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni): An adult eating a starling, young (rufous) bird.
  • Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis): An adult flying along Fountain Crk. and Juvanile Rufous Morph.
  • Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis): Ferruginous Hawks perched.
  • Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos): A young bird in an eyrie near Macey Falls.
  • Falcons Family: Falconidae
  • American Kestrel (Falco sparvarious): A Kestrel on Waterbarrel Rd. and one on Baculite Mesa Rd.
  • Merlin (Falco columbarius): An adult male Merlin (subspecies???).
  • Prarie Falcon (Falco mexicanus): Prarie Falcon at USC and another bird near Gunnison.
  • Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus): Peregrine from the eastern planes in the spring of 2000.
• Gallinacious Birds Order: Galliformes
  • Pheasants-Grouse-Ptarmigan-Turkeys Family: Phasianidae
  Subfamily: Tetraoninae
  
  • Blue Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus): A Blue Grouse seen near Alvarado Creek, Custer Co.
  • Quail-Partridge Family: Odontophoridae
  • Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata): A Scailed Quail on Swallows Rd.
• Shorebirds Order: Charadriiformes
  • Plovers-Lapwings Family: Charadriidae
  Subfamily: Charadriinae
  
  • Killdeer: Young Killdeer south of Beulah Highway and a bird at USC.
  • Stilts-Avocets Family: Recurvirostridae
  • Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus): Lake Cheraw, Summer 2000.
  • American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana): Near San Luis Lakes SWA off of 6N ln.
  • Sandpipers-PhalaropeFamily: Scolopacidae
  Subfamily: Scolopacinae
  
  • Spotted Sandpiper (Acitis macularia): Winter Plumage bird seen at Pueblo Res., fall 1999
  • Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica): Just south of Huerfano Res. in a temporary pond.
  • Sanderling (Calidris alba): One of three birds seen at Lake Henry during a 1999 fall CFO count.
  • Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla): Picture taken in Puerto Penasco, Mexico along the Sea of Cortez in late March, 1999.
  • Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii): Seen at Lake Henry during a fall CFO trip, 1999.
  • Dunlin (Calidris alpina): Seen during December 2005, Valco Ponds.
  • Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago): A Common Snipe found along the road near Lake Minniqua.
  • Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus): A Willet seen at Lake Merideth.
  • Gulls-Jaegers-Terns Family: Laridae
  Jaegers Subfamily: Stercorariinae
  
  • Pomerine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus): A Light Morph Pomerine Jaeger late in the summer of 2000 at Pueblo Reservoir.
  Gulls Subfamily: Larinae
  
  • Bonapartes Gull (Larus philadelphia): Two of the 30+ Bonapartes Gulls at the Pueblo Res. during December, 1999.
  • Mew Gull (Larus canus brachyrhynchos): One of two Mew Gulls at Pueblo Reservoir, winter 1999-2000.
  • Ring-billed Gull (Larus delewarensis): Flying first basic bird at the Pueblo Res. and an odd adult from Pueblo City park.
  • BLACK-TAILED GULL (Larus crassirostris): Lake Champlain near Charlotte, VT, 2005.
  • California Gull (Larus californicus): Adult gulls near the South Marina at Pueblo Reservoir, fall 1999.
    
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull(Larus fuscus): An adult bird from New York State - NOT UPLOADED YET!. (See here for some Colorado birds.)
  • Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides): A "Kumlien's Gull" seen in Ithaca, NY
  • Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus): A 1st winter bird, Pueblo Reservoir.
  • Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus): The winter resident Great Black-backed Gull at the Pueblo Res.
  Terns Subfamily: Sterninae
  • Forester's Tern (Sterna foresteri): Near Turkey Creek area at Pueblo Res.Common Tern (Sterna hirundo): One of the common terns that stopped at Pueblo Reservoir during fall migration, 2000.
• Pigeons-Doves Order: Columbiformes
• Family: Columbidae
• Rock Doves (Columba livia): Rock Doves near Runyon Lake.
• White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica): A White-winged Dove seen in Demming, NM.
• Eurasion Collard Dove (Streptopelia decaocto): One of the birds in Rocky Ford, late summer 1999.
• Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura): A Mourning Dove in my backyard.
• Cuckoos-Anis-Roadrunners Order: Cuculiformes
• Family: Cuculidae
Roadrunners Subfamily: Neomorphinae

• Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus): Seen behind the Rocky Ford Golfcourse on a 1999 fall CFO trip.
• Owls Order: Strigiformes
• Family: Strigidae
• Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia): Adults and chicks from Pueblo West and the Baculite Mesa area.
• Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus): A Great Horned Owl chick near its nest in front of the USC Ochiatto Center.
• Long-eared Owl (Asio otus): Seen at Bonny Reservoir, spring 2000.
• Nightjars-Potoos Order: Caprimulgiformes
• Family: Caprimulgidae
Nighthawks Subfamily: Chordeilinae

• Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor): On a fence post south of the Beulah Highway.
• Swifts-Hummingbirds Order: Apodiformes
• Swifts Family: Apodidae
Subfamily: Cypseloidinae
• Black Swift (Cypseloides niger): A Nesting Black Swift found at Alvarado (Venable) Falls, Custer Co. in July, 2000.
• Family: Trochilidae
Hummingbirds Subfamily: Trochilinae
• Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus): A Female from Aiken Canyon and a male and female from near Buena Vista.
• Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri): A Nesting bird near Rye, CO.
• Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus): Perched upon a wire guarding a nearby feeder outside Creede CO, late summer 2000.
• Todys-Motmots-Kingfishers Order: Coraciiformes
Kingfishers Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Cerylinae

• Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon): Female near the ditch between West Park and Thatcher.
• Woodpeckers-Puffbirds-Toucans-Jacamars Order: Piciformes
• Family: Picidae
Woodpeckers Subfamily: Picinae

• Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus): Ithaca, NY area birds.
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius): 1998-99 Winter near Pueblo City Park near Tennis Courts.
• Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus): OK, so I didn't have my camera with me when I saw this first Pueblo Co. record!
• Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus):
• Perching Birds Order: Passeriformes
• Tyrant Flycatchers Family: Tyrannidae
  Subfamily: Fluvicolinae
  
  • Western Wood Peewee (Contopus sordidulus): Bird from Aiken Canyon and one from near Colorado City.
  • Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya): Flycatching near nest at USC.
  • Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans): Wintering bird at Valco Ponds, Pueblo, CO.
  Subfamily: Tyranninae
  • Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus): Seen at Bonny Reservoir, spring 2000.
  • Cassin's Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans): Photographed along Red Creek Springs Rd.
  • Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis): A bird near Beulah Highway (Hw97), one from USC.
  • Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus): One of the birds located at Blackforest Rd. and Woodman in Colorado Springs.
  • Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens): Seen on Baculite Mesa Rd. near the Black-throated Sparrow location.
• Shrikes Family: Laniidae
• Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus): A Loggerhead Shrikes from near Pueblo, CO.
• Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor): A Young Northern Shrike near the Lake Pueblo State Park HQs, and an adult along Red Creek Rd. in 2005
• Vireos Family: Vireonidae
• Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus): Seen at Bonny Reservoir, Spring 2000.
• Ravens-Crows-Jays Family: Corvidae
• Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica): Seen near Beulah, CO.
• Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis): Seen in the Sangre de Cristos, late summer 1999.
• Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia): Anyone for road kill? (Near DOW offices at Pueblo Res.)
• American Crow (Corvus branchyrynchos): It's not as tasty as rabbit, but it'll have to do! (On Cleavland Ave. near the church.)
• Larks Family: Alaudidae
• Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris): Some birds from various road-sides.
• Swallows-Martins Family: Hirundinidae
• Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis): On a powerline along Red Creek Springs Rd.
• Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica): Some of the birds nesting under USC's Library Wing.
• Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota): Many birds picking up mud along Red Creek Springs Rd.
• Nuthatchs Family: Sittidae
• Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis): Seen along the Arkanas near Runyon Lake.
• Wrens Family: Troglodytidae
• Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus): At a private residence near Orman Ave. and Thatcher Ave.
• Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus): At the Pueblo Reservoir.
• Dippers Family Cinclidae
• American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus): Part of a Dipper family seen along the Rio Grande near Creede, late summer 2000.
• Family: Sylviidae
Gnatcatchers Subfamily: Polioptilinae

• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea): Near Turkey Creek area at Pueblo Res.
• Thrushes Family: Turdidae
• Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis): An Eastern BB seen in Blende on the 1999-2000 Pueblo CBC.
• Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides): On a fence post along Red Crk. Rd. East.
• Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi): A Townsend's Solitaire perched along the Arkansas River near the "train bridge".
• American Robin (Turdus migratorius): An American Robin Bathing in the Arkansas River.
• Catbirds-Thrashers-Mockingbirds Family: Mimidae
• Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis): Singing near Colorado City.
• Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos): Photographed along Red Creek Springs Rd.
• Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus): A Sage Thrasher near Tejon Ave. and Woodstock in Pueblo West.
• Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre): A Curve-billed Thrasher seen on the 1999-2000 Pueblo CBC.
• Waxwings Family: Bombycillidae
• Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum): A Cedar Waxwing below City Park near the wooden bridge.
• Woodwarblers Family: Parulidae
• Virginia's Warbler (Vermivora virginiae): Banded in Aiken Canyon on July 9, 1999.
• Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia): Male near Colorado City.
• Myrtle's Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata): Birds from near Turkey Creek area at Pueblo Res. and from along the Arkansas.
• Yellow-Throated Warbler (Dendroica dominica: Pueblo City Park, June 12 1999.
• Pine Warbler (Dendroica pinus): A Pine Warbler feeding along the Arkansas at Valco Ponds, Pueblo.
• American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla): Female from Colorado, male from New York.
• MacGillivray's Warbler (Oporornis tolmiei): An adult male singing in Sugarite State park (NM) near Lake Dorothy SWA (CO).
• Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla): Banded at Hanna Ranch, Fall 1999.
• Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis): A so-so photo of a Canada Warbler near the Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY.
• Sparrows-Towhees Family: Emberizidae
• Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus): Spotted Towhee at Sugarite State Park (NM) south of Lake Dorothy SWA (CO).
• Canyon Towhee (Pipilo fuscus): A Canyon Towhee at the Pueblo Reservoir.
• Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus): Singing from atop a fence post along Swallows Rd. in Pueblo West.
• American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea): Pueblo Reservoir, Jan 2006.
• Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina): Cornell campus, Ithaca NY, 9 April, 2006.
• Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata): Seen on Baculite Mesa Rd. in some Currant Bushes along with some others. Summer 2000.
• Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys): A Male along Red Creek Springs Rd. East.
• Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia): Near Turkey Creek area at Pueblo Res. plus Ithaca, NY area birds.
• Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii): Banded at Hanna Ranch, fall 1999.
• Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula): One of the two Harris's Sparrows seen on the 1999-2000 Pueblo CBC.
• White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys): Adult and immature White-crowned Sparrows.
• Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis): A few different races including white-winged.
• Buntings-Grosbeaks Family: Cardinalidae
  • Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena): Seen near Hanna Ranch, fall 1999.
  • Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus): Female seen at the Sugarite SP Headquarters near Lake Dorothy SWA and another bird at Valco.
  • Blue Grosbeak (Guiraca caerulea): An albino, seen on the USC campus in early fall, 2000.
• Blackbirds-Meadowlarks-Orioles Family: Icteridae
  • Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus): East of USC Campus.
  • Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta): A W. Meadowlark along Red Creek Rd. East.
  • Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus): Near Huerfano Lake on Fields Rd.
  • Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus): Some of the 6 Rusty Blackbirds along the Arkansas near Runyon Lake this past winter (98/99).
  • Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula): A Common Grackle at a feeder.
  • Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus): Near Huerfano Lake on Fields Rd.
  • Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater): Near Rio Grande Res.
  • Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii): Female Bullock's on Red Creek Springs Rd. East.
• Finches Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae

• Gray-Crowned Rosy Finch (Leucosticte tephrocotis): Gray-crowned and Hepburn's Gray-crowned (or Gray-headed) Rosy Finches.
• House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus): A male and female from the Pueblo area.
• Old World Sparrows Family: Passeridae
• House Sparrow (Passer domesticus): A male Passer domesticus in my back yard.

• Order Squamata
Lizards Suborder Lacertilia

• Family: Phrynosomaidae
• Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum): A Texas Horned Lizard from Picketwire Canyon, Comanchee Natl. Grasslands.
• Lesser Earless Lizard (Holbrookia maculata): An Earless Lizard from near Vogel Canyon Campgrounds, Comanchee Natl. Grasslands.
• Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus): Suning along Red Creek Springs Rd.
• Family: Teiidae
• Colorado Checkered Whiptail (Cnemidophorus grahami): Eating a grasshopper near Runyon lake, summer 1999.
• Family: ---
• Collard Lizard: A Collard Lizard seen near Pueblo Reservoir.
Snakes Suborder Serpentes
• Family: Colubridae
• Bullsnake (Pituophis sayi): Bullsnake between Swallows and N. Shore Marina at Pueblo Res.
Subfamily: Natricinae
• Plains Garter Snake (Thamnophis radix [haydenii?]): Found along the Arkansas near Valco.
Subfamily: ---
• Smooth Green Snake (---): The first county record for Pueblo Co. found in Rye, CO in early October, 2000.
Subfamily: ---
• Coachwhip: A young snake seen on Red Crk. Rd. West.

• Turtles Order Testudines (or Chelonia)
Suborder Casichelydia

• Family Emydidae
• Western (or Ornate) Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata): Rescued from traffic along Thatcher Ave. near the Pueblo City limit with minor injuries.
• Family: ---
• Common Snapping Turtle: Seen near Pueblo Reservoir.

• Frogs & Toads Order Anura (Salientia?)
• Family Ranidae
• Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana): A young frog at Pueblo Reservoir.

• Rabbits-Hares Order Lagomorpha
• Family Leporidae
• Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus): Seen west of Swallows Rd. west of Pueblo west.
• Desert Cottontail Rabbit(Sylvilagus audubonii): Seen in a prairie dog town near Standly Lake, CO.

• Rodents Order Rodentia
• Family Sciuridae
• Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus): A cute little guy seen a few miles south of the Beulah highway.
• Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger): Pueblo City Park.
• Abert's Squirrel (Sciurus aberti): A normal colored individual from Lake Dorothy SWA, another from Beaulah, CO and a couple black individuals from Beaulah, CO.
• Ground Squirrel: Sangre de Cristos.
• Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus):
• Family Muridae
  • (Mexican?) Woodrat (Neotoma sp.): Found at Valco Ponds.
• Family Cricetidae
  • Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus): Also seen at Valco Ponds.
• Carnivores Order Carnivora
• Family Mustelidae
• Short-tailed Weasel or Ermine (Mustela erminea): Seen above timberline in the Sangre de Cristos.
• American Badger (Taxidea taxus): Seen near Pueblo, CO on Waterbarrel Rd.
• Hooved Mammals Order Artiodactyla
  • Family Cervidae
  • White-tailed Dear (Odocoileus virginianus): A Doe seen in the Olive Marsh with a herd of Mule Deer.
  • Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus): A buck seen at Valco near the ditch.
  • Moose (Alces alces): A Bull moose seen near Rio Grande Res. on June 13 1999.
  • Family Antilocapridae
  • Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana): A Pronghorn near Pueblo Reservoir.