They had me fooled for about 20 minutes. They are perfectly done, including thick necks and perfect big black bills. But I was alarmed when I noticed an aluminum cable attached to one, and then realized that the "male" in the lead and the "female" (head demurely bowed) were always very close together. Three pairs in three different parts of what is really a small pond. And then come to think of it, they always held exactly the same posture. And why were not all six together? I shot up a whole roll of film☺ getting "excellent" close-ups. It is a cautionary tale for us birders who have all had the experience of "knowing" exactly what we are seeing and being oblivious to some obvious clues to the contrary.
Why? 1. An elaborate (and expensive) hoax to fool us twitchers? 2. An attempt to attract the real thing? 3. An elaborate decoration by park officials who have money to burn? You should go just to see how good these fakes are! Bob Shade Lakewood -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAFwvYHqzjhFNTLvqSPj8LVAfGx8MRoe8-D%3DYXuZ1evp1OHDzfw%40mail.gmail.com.
