RMBO has no funding this year for a paid hawk watcher. The observatory will be posting a request for volunteers later today. Once we have an idea of how thoroughly we can cover the site through the migration season, we'll post the planned hawk watch dates on Cobirds.
Chuck Hundertmark, Chair Board of Directors Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory On Mar 9, 9:57 pm, pjpl...@aol.com wrote: > I took a midday hike up?to the hawk watch today..no other birders but a flow > of hawks into a NE wind. I saw 5 migrant red-tails (also locals putting on a > show), one bald eagle and one ferruginous hawk in about an hour.? I likely > missed many more with some?high against?the blue sky and others flying into > the wind low below the ridges. Also saw 10 -12? migrating bluebirds. > > Appears?the watch is not being manned this spring (any one with positive > knowledge might let cobirders know what's up).? I know stationing someone ?up > there costs?$ and volunteers alone can't duplicate the coverage. Too bad if > this spring watch site is falling victim to the economy.?? > > Pete Plage > Broomfield --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
