Went camping for two night up along the upper Arkansas near Buena Vista, CO. to two nights June 7 & 8. River was just roaring! Got our fav spot which is rare. I think because the screaming river rats haven't invaded the valley just yet, due to high water. It was nice not having screaming hordes floating by every ten seconds and buses careening down at the road at break-neck speed.
Anyway, to the birds. Wasn't terribly birdy. Sure couldn't hear bird song over the river noise. I did notice a pair of Yellow Warblers that kept going into this bush. They were working on a nest. Was just a wisp of grasses when I first noticed it, but by the end of the day it was about done. I sat very still about 20 feet away and got a few shots with a 300+1.4tc on a monopod and hoped for the best. Took a bike ride into town and while eating in the park I saw what I thought was a Robin on a telephone pole. Breast looked buffy, but Robins don't sit like that on a pole. It was a male Lewis's. Haven't seen many of those, and I had only a small camera. Stopped by the next day on the way home and I found him again working on his hole. Very handsome bird. You can see pics at: http://birdsbybill.blogspot.com/2010/06/whos-that.html Bill Bond Edgewater, CO. -- 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.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
