Re: [cobirds] Re: Addenbrooke Park "Trumpeter Swans" are DECOYS! (Jefferson)

Yeah, I don't know who could be so daft as to confuse that Great Egret statue near 80th and Indiana with an actual bird. Oh wait, that was me!

But hey, I was just chasing someone else's report! It's not easy to get Great Egret in Jeffco.

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Eric DeFonso
near Lyons, Boulder County, CO

On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 8:12 AM 'Migrant' via Colorado Birds <cobirds@googlegroups.com> wrote:

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 <carlbendorf@gmail.com> 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 

 

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