Ben, et al, Cody Porter's neighbors were nothing but welcoming and friendly during the 2 days I was in Laramie looking for the bird. I am unaware of any conflict between the birders, quite a few of whom were local, and any of the neighbors. One neighbor invited me into his yard and made me feel very welcome. I believe the officer was there enforcing some parking permit requirement as this neighborhood is just up the street from U of W and apparently the parking can be tight. I didn't have any problems parking as I was just north of Cody's yard/area on a part of the street where there weren't any parking restrictions. Ira Sanders Golden
On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 9:28 PM Ben S <[email protected]> wrote: > I went up to Laramie today to try for the Red-flanked Bluetail around 1 > pm. No luck. While driving through the spot it was reported, I saw a couple > of birders. Asked them if they had any luck, they hadn't. I went to look > for a good parking spot. No luck on that. I am driving back through and I > see police talking to some people. Now I don't know this for sure, but I > assumed one of the neighbors was suspicious of all the people with binos > and cameras and called the police. Not wanting to be part of whatever was > going on, and since the bird was nowhere to be seen, I decided to accept my > loss and head back toward Colorado. I stopped at Turtle Rock on my way back > to Colorado. Most notable birds were eight Clark's Nutcrackers and a Golden > crowned Kinglet. As for the Red-flanked Bluetail, I think it was a one day > wonder. Apparently the Farralone Islands, California, had one on November > 3rd. Probably not the same bird. This may be wishful thinking, but maybe we > should keep an eye out for one here in Colorado for the next couple weeks! > > Ben Sampson > CENTENNIAL, CO > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/a03d221b-e4ef-4001-b622-494cd8861320%40googlegroups.com > . > -- Ira Sanders Golden, CO "My mind is a raging torrent flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives." -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CABF3siEA9gAmCa4%3D%3Duugdkrj9XdzD8Y2R%2B9nvYBzBo1izV6LBw%40mail.gmail.com.
