Thank you to everyone who responded – I was successful in finding the white ibis. Exactly as advertised, five stars!
Eric DeFonso near Lyons, CO Sent from the Aether > On Jun 4, 2022, at 11:54 AM, William H Kaempfer > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Eric, > > No news on WHIB in Boulder from me, although I did see three or four today > near by home--in Safety Florida. Well, I see them just about every day when > I'm here. > > Your finch song article was great--I've enjoyed all of your pieces and let > Peter know that. It made me think that you might want to try vireos at some > point in the future. I know there are only the two common front range > breeders, but Red-eyed, Gray, and Bells are state breeders, too. > > I'm just back from a trip to Tawas Point, Michigan where Merlin kept > identifying 2/3 note vireos as alternately Red-eyed and Philadelphia. I > don't think I put down more than one Philly that I didn't also see. > > There are a couple of other interesting twists with vireos, too. One is > difference in song in recently split species (like the Solitaries) or > potentially split species (like Warbling). Another is difference in > loudness--to me Red-eyed always seems gentle and soft spoken where as > Yellow-throated is loud and Yellow-green is really loud. And then there are > the alarm calls. When birders are pishing I think we are really mimicking a > Yellow-throated or Blue-headed or Red-eyed's alarm call, whether we know it > or not. > > Just something for you to consider. > > Bill > Safety Harbor, FL > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, June 4, 2022 11:35 AM > To: Colorado Birds <[email protected]> > Subject: [cobirds] Updates on the Boulder Ibis? > > If anyone has updates on the White ibis in Boulder today, please let me know. > I’m currently driving back to the area after being away for nearly a month. > Thank you! > > Eric DeFonso > near Lyons, CO > Sent from the Aether > > -- > -- > 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] For more > options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ > --- > 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/32BCF492-54FA-4356-9276-BD3CF53B14A5%40gmail.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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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/947A73DC-82F9-4A81-A3B4-F0A5BCDE56F6%40gmail.com.
