This appears to be a great example of the Patagonia Roadside Rest Stop Effect in action. For those who haven't been around since dirt was invented, one of the "primo" birding sites in southeast Arizona is a rest area south of the town of Patagonia. It's a nice spot with woods, arid slopes and a creek across the road. Many years ago, a rare bird (I forget what it was) appeared there, which attracted many birders to the site in search of the bird. When many birders frequent a site, birds will be found, and they were, which in turn attracted more birders, who found more birds, and so on and so on. The site became a regular stop on birding outings, and continues so to this day.
So now we have the Estes Park Warbler Alley Effect. Norm Lewis -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, Oct 26, 2009 12:35 pm Subject: [cobirds] Lake Estes -- Magnolia Warbler and Northern Parula I just received a telephone call from Susan Ward and she said she saw an Immature Magnolia Warbler near the Northern Parula this morning. Evidently they were feeding near the ground like the parula was yesterday. When she saw them they were on the south side of Warbler Alley in the Sanctuary. She also said that she could not find the Yellow-throated Warbler this morning. Amazing, can we expect something else tomorrow? Gary Matthews Estes Par --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
