This YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON is a "new form" for me, as it is not an adult nor is it the juvenile
form that I have seen a few times. Close inspection with a scope shows faint pale patches below
the eye and on the top of the head, where the white crown will appear next spring I suppose, when
it molts to adult alternate plumage.
Sibley shows this as "first summer," and I guess we could call it "second fall" now.
So it was quite intriguing - a Life Form!
Joe Roller, Denver
On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Douglas Kibbe <dpkibbe@msn.com> wrote:
--The previously reported Yellow-crowned Night Heron was still present today, Tuesday, October 8 when we stopped on Birdsall Road enroute back from Pueblo Reservoir.
Mark's directions and description of the effort necessary to see the bird (see below) are 100% accurate.
An amazing find by Kaye!
Doug Kibbe
Littleton, Co.
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 12:47:01 -0700
From: mpeterson33@yahoo.com
Subject: [cobirds] El Paso county -- YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON and BLUE-HEADED VIREO
To: cobirds@googlegroups.comCOBirders,Yesterday, Kaye Lafreniere (great find as this thing was really hidden well!) gave me a call about a YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON that she and Ingrid Huskey had found. The bird was seen again today at the small little marsh/pond on Birdsall Road. The easiest directions are to take I-25 to Exit 122 (same exit you would take for Chico Basin Ranch) then head north on Old Pueblo road about 3 miles to Birdsall road. Stay on Old Pueblo road do not turn and head towards Chico Basin. Birdsall is dead ends into a Private ranch. If you make it to this point you went about 100 or so yards too far. The pond is on the north side of the road right next to the road. The pond is on private property but can be viewed from the road. Yesterday, the bird was in a location where you could only see it from a single vantage point. You may have to move up and down the road a bit to find it and may not be able to depending on where the bird is.-----Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs
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