El Paso county -- YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON and BLUE-HEADED VIREO

[Mark Peterson]

COBirders,

Yesterday, Kaye Lafreniere (great find as this thing was really hidden well!) gave me a call about a YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON that she and Ingrid Huskey had found.  The bird was seen again today at the small little marsh/pond on Birdsall Road.  The easiest directions are to take I-25 to Exit 122 (same exit you would take for Chico Basin Ranch) then head north on Old Pueblo road about 3 miles to Birdsall road.  Stay on Old Pueblo road do not turn and head towards Chico Basin.  Birdsall is dead ends into a Private ranch.  If you make it to this point you went about 100 or so yards too far.  The pond is on the north side of the road right next to the road.  The pond is on private property but can be viewed from the road.  Yesterday, the bird was in a location where you could only see it from a single vantage point.  You may have to move up and down the road a bit to find it and may not be able to depending on where the bird is.

A BLUE-HEADED VIREO was working high in the trees at Evergreen Cemetery.  It was right near the intersection of Mt. Lincoln and Elm Street.  This is just north of the Sons of Israel cemetery. The only way I found it was that it was "calling."  Other birds in this area were Yellow-rumped Warblers, Chipping Sparrows, Black-capped Chickadees Townsend's Solitaire's and a single Western Tanager.

At Big Johnson Reservoir there is a Black-bellied Plover, Pectoral Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper and a youngster Sabine's Gull.  Nothing else of note that I could find.

 

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Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

[Douglas Kibbe]

The previously reported Yellow-crowned Night Heron was still present today, Tuesday, October 8 when we stopped on Birdsall Road enroute back from Pueblo Reservoir.
Mark's directions and description of the effort necessary to see the bird (see below) are 100% accurate.
 An amazing find by Kaye!
 
Doug Kibbe
Littleton, Co.

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Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 12:47:01 -0700
From: mpete...@yahoo.com
Subject: [cobirds] El Paso county -- YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON and BLUE-HEADED VIREO
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COBirders,

Yesterday, Kaye Lafreniere (great find as this thing was really hidden well!) gave me a call about a YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON that she and Ingrid Huskey had found.  The bird was seen again today at the small little marsh/pond on Birdsall Road.  The easiest directions are to take I-25 to Exit 122 (same exit you would take for Chico Basin Ranch) then head north on Old Pueblo road about 3 miles to Birdsall road.  Stay on Old Pueblo road do not turn and head towards Chico Basin.  Birdsall is dead ends into a Private ranch.  If you make it to this point you went about 100 or so yards too far.  The pond is on the north side of the road right next to the road.  The pond is on private property but can be viewed from the road.  Yesterday, the bird was in a location where you could only see it from a single vantage point.  You may have to move up and down the road a bit to find it and may not be able to depending on where the bird is.

 

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Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[Joe Roller]

This YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON is a "new form" for me, as it is not an adult nor is it the juvenile

form that I have seen a few times. Close inspection with a scope shows faint pale patches below

the eye and on the top of the head, where the white crown will appear next spring I suppose, when 

it molts to adult alternate plumage.

Sibley shows  this as "first summer," and I guess we could call it "second fall" now.

So it was quite intriguing - a Life Form!

Joe Roller, Denver

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[David Elwonger]

Diane & I refound the Yellow-crowned Night-heron Wed @ noon.
It was in the same wetland along Birdsall Road, way back in the NW corner hidden behind a little peninsula.
Thanks to Kaye and Ingrid for sharing.
Good birding.
Dave

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Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 12:47:01 -0700
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Subject: [cobirds] El Paso county -- YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON and BLUE-HEADED VIREO
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[Gloria Nikolai]

The yellow-crowned night heron continues at this location, currently on the south east side of the pond. Not easy to see for the height-challenged, though the roof of my car helped. It does look like people may be trespassing by going over the fence but I hope not. Seen at 2:40 pm.

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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 18:16:25 -0600
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[Gloria Nikolai]

From Gloria Nikolai
Colorado Springs (message below)

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[Gary Faust - Lisa Edwards]

All, 

The Yellow-crowned Night Heron continues at the location described below.

Lisa Edwards

Palmer Lake, CO

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