Hello, Birders. The night flight the past couple hours has been strong. The low cloud ceiling is doing the trick. Just wish the crickets would pipe down a bit. It's a real mishmash up there: a few Wilson's Warblers and Chipping Sparrows; some Brewer's and Vesper Sparrows, I think; and a fair bit of stuff in the generic sparrow/warbler category. No doubt, they're all heading out to Sterling... And we humans will follow suit tomorrow; see Bill Kaempfer's note from yesterday.
Don't forget to pack your toothbrush, put out the trash, and say goodbye to mom. And don't forget to check these five websites: 1. tinyurl.com/CFO-2014-Sterling-maps Before you head out, figure out where your field trip is going and how to get there. Especially recommended for drivers. But good for everybody. 2. http://coloradocountybirding.org/CountySelector.aspx Okay, you know where you're going (see #1, above). But what can you expect to see? Click on the county or counties of your field trip or field trips, and off you go! 3. http://ebird.org/ebird/places But you want even more! Type in the name of the county of your destination, then click on a "hotspot," and you'll get bird lists as up-to-date as yesterday. 4. tinyurl.com/CFO-2014-names So you know where you're going (#1, above), what to expect in a general way (#2, above), and what was seen as recently as yesterday (#3, above). Now figure out who you're going with. This website is a super resource for arranging ride-sharing. Which reminds me: It is a CFO tradition that riders pay the driver for gas. If in doubt, overpay. 5. http://www.aba.org/about/ethics.html It's wonderful that the all of us with CFO will be birding and nature ambassadors in northeastern Colorado. This website presents some basic guidelines and perspective about ethical birding for both individual birders and groups of birders. See you all tomorrow! Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado -- 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 post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/dc8fa465-e3d4-43e4-aa1a-3e7edf495495%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
