TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 5906 SUBJECT: GRB 061210: MDM Observation DATE: 06/12/10 17:33:58 GMT FROM: Jules Halpern at Columbia U. N. Mirabal & J. P. Halpern (Columbia U.) report on behalf of the MDM Observatory GRB follow-up team: "We observed the entire Swift BAT error circle of short GRB 061210 (Cannizzo et al., GCN 5904; Palmer et al., GCN 5905) in the I band on the MDM 1.3m telescope. Combined exposures obtained in the interval 39-66 minutes after the burst show no new object to a limiting magnitude of I~18.5 in comparison with the USNO-B1.0 catalog, despite high background from the nearby bright moon. This message may be cited."