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

2016-05-05 Thread '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 Ra

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

2016-05-04 Thread '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 hum