I spent about an hour Friday afternoon looking for the vireo unsuccessfully. I wouldn't say that this means he has gone for certain, but I should couldn't find him. Deb Carstensen, Littleton, arapahoe County, Colorado
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 3, 2014, at 10:10 PM, "'Deborah Carstensen' via Colorado Birds" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I got a call from my handyman's wife, Janet, today announcing that they > had a white eyed vireo in their yard! That was quite the surprise to me since > they're not birders and I didn't think she would have any idea what a vireo > was. As it turns out, she said that a "couple of birders came through > excitedly looking for", and finding, this bird. > I went this evening and thought I saw the bird, listened to it and > followed it around the general area there at Drycreek but never got a really > good look at it. She says it tends to show up around three or four in the > afternoon and in the early morning. > Janet was very happy to be a part of this and enjoyed meeting the > people that came through. > Deb Carstensen, Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado. > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 3, 2014, at 5:28 PM, Joe Roller <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> A big thank you to Mary O'Connor who discovered a singing male White-eyed >> Vireo at 7 AM >> in a thicket near Big Dry Creek Trail. >> I visited the spot around 3 PM, and after 30 tense minutes, it began singing >> spontaneously, repeating the same phrase, "CHICK, a-bit-a WEIRRRD, CHICK," >> familiar to me from boyhood birding in Missouri. Then it would go silent for >> up to 10 minutes. >> >> I finally saw it as it fed in a big chokecherry in the big hillside thicket. >> >> Directions are a bit different from the eBird directions from this morning. >> >> From I-25, exit west on E. Dry Creek Road and drive west past S Quebec, past >> the Willow Creek crossing, and past S Holly Street. Soon after Holly, in a >> valley, E. Dry Creek, the Road, crosses Dry Creek, the Creek. Park on a >> nearby neighborhood street (S. Jackson St is a bit closer to where you want >> to be than S. Adams St). >> Find Big Dry Creek Trail on the east side of Dry Creek the Creek and walk >> south. In about 1/4 mile you will pass a big green trash container, and pass >> a wooden marker that says "1.75 miles" and then cross the first of two >> bridges. The Vireo was singing right at the first bridge and later from the >> huge thicket uphill to your right. >> To view that thicket from above, find a dirt footpath half way between the >> two bridges, which leads uphill to the right (west). The neighbors are >> welcoming and that path is on public land. Walk up to where the path >> squeezes between a wooden fence and a thicket. Find the red bird feeder. If >> you get to a gray metal electric box or the undeveloped hillside, you have >> gone a bit too far. Look and listen from near the feeder. >> >> Good luck and please report to CObirds if you find it. >> >> Joe Roller, >> Denver >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJpZcUB4xvP2U5QX19Ad2yv4apuKkKQD-88LGqUEN28CAN0adw%40mail.gmail.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/99C26E0F-CDC6-47AD-93DB-39AECCC6F433%40aol.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/DBA57F7E-D9AC-401F-9B8D-EB9D28EA61AF%40aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
