After seeing Bill Kosar's great photos of a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron he found this morning at Brush Hollow Res, north of Florence, I drove out there. The water level of that lake is astoundingly low and the area with trees is about a quarter mile from the lake. As small as the lake was it was very busy with two small boats, fishermen and kids who drive through muddy areas but no Night-Herons. I located a small stream of water that was mostly muddy and vegetated areas near the wooded location but no signs of nests for this species.
I did find 2 Wilson's Phalaropes in juvenal plumage in the muddy north end of the lake, a pretty unusual species for this area especially in fall. Also there were several American Avocets, GB Herons and Killdeer. I also saw several Scaled Quail and a few Blue Grosbeak away from the lake. I checked Holcim Wetlands since it is the likeliest location for breeding of such species including likely Black-crowned Night-Heron breeding last year with no luck, though it was getting dark by this point. Kudos to Bill Kosar for finding this rare Yellow-crowned Night-Heron juvenile and getting great photos of it. SeEtta Moss Canon City Blogging for Birds and Blooms magazine @ http://birdsandbloomsblog.com/author/seetta-moss/ Personal blog @ BirdsAndBlooms.blogspot.com<http://birdsandblooms.blogspot.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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
