How about another mangled literary mis-quote? February is the cruelest birding month!
I led a field trip today for the Boulder Audubon Society to the Peak-to-peak Highway area of Boulder County. Unfortunately the winds tried to blow us back; at one point a Boulder Open Space Ranger cautioned us about staying in the area. But we were there while the birds weren't. Total haul for a couple of hours in the mountains-2 Mountain Chickadees, 1 Pygmy Nuthatch, 1 Steller's Jay, a few American Crows and Common Raven and maybe a Pine Siskin and couple of Dark-eyed Juncos. It only took us a couple of hours to wise up and make the descent back to Lyons where we found a Brown Creeper in the town park, and a decent haul in the town cemetery including 6 Western Scrub Jays and 2 Lesser Goldfinches. Everyone got on the lessers and we could compare them to an American in the same tree, so it was a nice learning experience. One stop on the plains at McCaslin Lake turned up a few regular ducks for all to study. Bill Kaempfer Boulder -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/F90B1155A81D474890D22EEFFFA7CAE52465E58757%40EXC4.ad.colorado.edu. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
