More re: TRICOLORED HERON @ Holcim Wetlands
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SeEtta Moss
Jun 15, 2013, 1:03:53 AM6/15/13
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I drove back to Holcim Wetlands this evening to look for the Least Bittern I believe I saw this morning and try to get a photo of the TRICOLORED HERON using my 400 mm telephoto lens instead of my 70-300. I ran into a local birder and his son who is also an avid birder. They had seen the heron and ran into a birding couple who also saw it before it flew across the wetlands. In our discussion they asked if there were 2 TRICOLORED HERONS as they thought they had seen 2-- to which I blithely responded "no" and something to the effect this is too rare a species here to have more than one. After they left I spotted the TRICOLORED HERON fly into the distant edge of the reeds and disappear down into them. Then I spotted the 3 Black-crowned Night-Herons and walked towards where they flew to try to get a better look to get the age of all three when I saw the silhouette (now after 8 pm and getting dark) of a water bird that had a very large bill. It was a TRICOLORED HERON and it was quite a distance from where I had watched a TRICOLORED HERON fly to. I had been watching this area and had not seen this heron fly in from the other location. So did I miss the one TRICOLORED HERON fly over or could there two of these rarities??
By the way I saw the Green Heron again tonight--it was perched on a distant long log with a Great Blue Heron on one end and a Black-crowned Heron (originally thought this was the TRICOLORED) on the other end with the Green Heron in between. Nice birds today.
SeEtta Moss
Canon City
Personal blog @ http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com
Blogging for Birds an Blooms Magazine @ http://BirdsAndBloomsBlog.com
By the way I saw the Green Heron again tonight--it was perched on a distant long log with a Great Blue Heron on one end and a Black-crowned Heron (originally thought this was the TRICOLORED) on the other end with the Green Heron in between. Nice birds today.
SeEtta Moss
Canon City
Personal blog @ http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com
Blogging for Birds an Blooms Magazine @ http://BirdsAndBloomsBlog.com
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Jun 15, 2013, 9:53:04 AM6/15/13
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In reaction to SeEtta's initial post Susan and I shot down to Holcim wetlands Friday afternoon and saw the Tricolored heron at about 6 PM and we got a few pictures. Cool bird.
Bill Kosar
Colorado Springs
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