A couple of years ago there was a great egret being reported on a pond in north Jeffco- maybe up on Indiana or MacIntyre? Anyway, I went by for a look, and the egret, which was oddly immobile, proved to be a fairly convincing statue. It was not hard to understand how it could fool an observer, especially on a busy street where observations might be “drive by”.
Norm Lewis Jeffco Sent from my iPad > On Mar 9, 2020, at 5:30 PM, Carl Bendorf <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Of course, there is the famous incident involving Roger Tory Peterson and the > Dovekie decoy that was planted during a Christmas Bird Count in the Bronx in > the 1930's. This link will take you to the book excerpt describing this > amusing tale---there's even a bit of a Colorado connection! > > https://books.google.com/books?id=MtnRCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=roger+tory+peterson+dovekie+decoy&source=bl&ots=neQZR9uLkb&sig=ACfU3U1Btprln-ofiTZWS9E8VartHYe0CA&hl=en&ppis=_e&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjY5MD-xI7oAhWBo54KHa-UD60Q6AEwDXoECAwQAQ#v=onepage&q=roger%20tory%20peterson%20dovekie%20decoy&f=false > > Carl Bendorf > Longmont, CO > > On Monday, March 9, 2020 at 9:30:18 AM UTC-6, Caleb A wrote: >> >>> Haha, that reminds me of when I found a decoy Mute Swan on one of my >>> neighborhood patch bodies of water. It gave me great pause, but I was so >>> suspicious of the good fortune, and after investigating, I was sorely >>> disappointed, but slightly humored, that someone had put one out on the >>> water. Thankfully it's been removed now, so I can bird in peace ;) >> The birds are happy, and so am I. >> ~Caleb Alons >>> > > -- > 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/3bffb5c6-28ad-4a09-9c2a-5a4e7f82968b%40googlegroups.com. -- 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/54B2DAB2-11DC-46B4-B0CB-92BE6D241428%40aol.com.
