Re: [cobirds] Humility from birding and No Boulder Worm-eating warbler found

['Deborah Carstensen' via Colorado Birds]

I've spent many humbling hours over the years as I birdwatched , too many to 
count. My latest was just yesterday as I was trying again to identify a 
chipping sound I heard only to realize it was a "chip"munk. Doh
   I must say, however, that my favorite  exercise in humility took place on 
the Rattlesnake Gulch trail in El Dorado Canyon several years ago. I was hiking 
up the trail by myself and spotted a rattlesnake coiled and sleeping on a rock. 
 I took pictures of it from afar and would go about three steps closer and take 
more pictures, three steps closer – pictures, three steps closer – picture. 
Don't think those were normal steps either! They were the more of the kind 
where you are slowly putting your foot in front of each other as if you were 
free to slip on unseen ice. My hands were shaking as I took the pictures.
 I finally realized that something was amiss and got close enough to see 
that it was, in fact, a bronze statue of a rattlesnake with a huge sign on the 
other side of the boulder discussing the fact that rattlesnakes could be seen 
on the trail,etc. I still have those pictures of the ever closer views of the 
rattlesnake proudly displayed in my picture album!

Deb Carstensen, Littleton, Arapahoe county, Colorado

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> On May 4, 2016, at 2:12 PM, 'ronbco' via Colorado Birds 
>  wrote:
> 
> Yesterday afternoon I went to look for the warbler as it would be a lifer for 
> me.
> I found the markers noted in the previous postings and I even found one of 
> it's reported buddy hermit thrushes. But alas the target itself was not found.
> 
> As I was walking away I reflected on how birding can be humbling. At one 
> point I had seen a small bird hoping on the ground and put my bins up to 
> study. While staring I slipped on the mud underneath me and hit the deck. It 
> would have made a great video...I was just standing still one moment and the 
> next moment arms and legs flying to try to catch myself. Only my pride was 
> injured. Then a couple minutes later I see another small hopping movement but 
> all I could make out was a big eye. Maybe an Ovenbird! I move to get a better 
> view and re-spot it. It was that wonderful species called rabbit!
> 
> Oh well, a humbling hour along Boulder Creek on a beautiful spring day is 
> better than many other hours!
> To heal my wounded psyche I stopped by Mustards Last Stand for an Italian and 
> fries.
> 
> Ron Bolton
> Berthoud
> 
> 
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[cobirds] Humility from birding and No Boulder Worm-eating warbler found

['ronbco' via Colorado Birds]

Yesterday afternoon I went to look for the warbler as it would be a lifer 
for me.
I found the markers noted in the previous postings and I even found one of 
it's reported buddy hermit thrushes. But alas the target itself was not 
found.

As I was walking away I reflected on how birding can be humbling. At one 
point I had seen a small bird hoping on the ground and put my bins up to 
study. While staring I slipped on the mud underneath me and hit the deck. 
It would have made a great video...I was just standing still one moment and 
the next moment arms and legs flying to try to catch myself. Only my pride 
was injured. Then a couple minutes later I see another small hopping 
movement but all I could make out was a big eye. Maybe an Ovenbird! I move 
to get a better view and re-spot it. It was that wonderful species called 
rabbit!

Oh well, a humbling hour along Boulder Creek on a beautiful spring day is 
better than many other hours!
To heal my wounded psyche I stopped by Mustards Last Stand for an Italian 
and fries.

Ron Bolton
Berthoud



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