BIRDWATCHERS OR IDIOTS?

I have decided that birdwatchers are witless idiots. This includes Bob and myself! Case in point: Bob had read on a bird alert site that the Elegant Trogon had been seen at Kubo cabins in Madera Canyon. Soooo somehow he talked me into getting up at 5:30 a.m. today and taking a ride up there to see if we could see the Trogon. We stood around in the chill of the morning waiting for the Trogon to appear.

We weren't alone. As you can see quite a number of other witless people were there too.

The Trogon had been seen in the area near the above Paracantha bush. So we all stood for at least two hours watching this area. We did hear it call, but never did see it. It wasn't a total loss however, as we did see a Painted Redstart, a number of woodpeckers, a Whitebreasted Nuthatch, and a pair of Robins; plus we saw this flock of wild Turkeys. All in all we saw about 20 different birds, but alas no Trogon. But, being the witless idiot birdwatchers that we are, we are going back up this afternoon to see if we can see him. I'll keep you posted!