Hello Fellow COBIRDERS!
What is a "Big Sit" you ask? Well a Big Sit is similar to the birding event called a "Big Day", in both events participants try to count as many species as possible, the difference is that in a Big Day you travel all over a geographical area whereas during a Big Sit you sit (or stand) in one location (a 17-foot diameter "circle") and count as many species seen or heard as possible. This is a nationwide event and as of this posting there are already over 100 Big Sit "circles" registered for this year's event! Five international Big Sits are also registered! The Denver Field Ornithologists will once again sponsor and I will host "The Big Sit!" at Chatfield State Park this SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11th. This will be the 13th year for this fun and frivolous event. It is open to the public and EVERYONE is welcome! It will be held from (before) dawn to (after) dusk, come for an hour or stay all day, whatever works for your schedule. In addition to a day list I perform hourly counts so that every hour there are "new" birds to be added to the hour's count. "The Big Sit!" at Chatfield will be located at the Heronry Overlook on the east side of the reservoir. Just follow the signs located at both entrances. Bring your own chair or use the bench seating provided by the heronry overlook deck. Bring binoculars, spotting scope, food, water, or whatever you need to spend time birding! This year's weather looks to be perfect! Past Big Sit! day totals range from a low of 52 species to a high of 71 species (two different years). The total number of species seen across all past 12 years is 124. All from ONE spot! The "DFO Insaniacs" (as we are registered) have had the highest "Big Sit" count for Colorado twelve years running! Come help DFO's Big Sit at Chatfield stay on top! No fee; State Parks pass required per car. Hope to see you there! Joey Kellner Littleton, 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/007301d0ffa6%2406a5fd60%2413f1f820%24%40net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
