Thanks to the good location description by Glen and Ira, my wife (Laura) and I
along withwith I believe her name was Joleen managed to get a very good but
short look at the Tricolored Heron as it flew by relatively close.
We had been in the area described (Plum Creek delta) for 30-45 minutes when a
smallfishing boat with an electric motor went by and then up along the very
west side of thelake also lined with willows. At that time, we were looking at
one Snowy Egret plus severalBlack-crowned Night-Herons as well as two adult
Bald Eagles in nearby Cottonwood treeswhen the heron flew out of that area and
then just north of us and then around the other sideof the delta/sand spit and
out of sight. We thought that he might of landed on the westside of the spit
along the willows but could relocate it. It also might have made a big
circleand doubled back. We did feel that it was staying in the area and not
leaving Chatfield butthere is a lot of territory to hide.
Other species (40 in all) that we saw in the two hours included the usual
number of duckspecies, Eared and Western Grebes, an Osprey, Cooper's Hawk,
White-faced Ibis, Avocet,3 Spotted Sandpipers, a couple House Wrens, lots of
both Myrtle and Audubon's Warblers,and a Loggerhead Shrike.
Good luck and happy birding.
Wayne Wathen
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