Re: [cobirds] History - Old bird checklists
Hugh, if you are still listening, i am a fairly new birder who would be happy and excited to take your hard copies and input into ebird, yours i suppose, or another location digital format. It would be a great learning experience for me, and in the process if you would not mind, i could pick your brain on occasion.I know you and your wife were and are legendary in the Colorado birding community. Anyhow, if you are interested in this, obviously logistics would have to be worked out, but please consider if this might be an option. Selfishly, it would really help me improve my skills and knowledge. Linda purcell Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> From: cobirds@googlegroups.com on behalf of Charles Hundertmark Sent: Monday, September 6, 2021 10:40:20 AM To: Scott Somershoe Cc: Cobirds ; Pat O'Driscoll Subject: Re: [cobirds] History - Old bird checklists One thing that has impressed me about Hugh is the extent to which he has entered his old field notes into eBird. Like Pat O’Driscoll, I find when I enter eBird reports that Hugh has been there many years before me. Chuck Hundertmark Lafayette CO On Sep 6, 2021, at 10:05 AM, Scott Somershoe mailto:ssomers...@gmail.com>> wrote: I completely agree with Patrick. I’d add a story about a long time Tennessee birder and big time world birder who moved to Florida about 7 years ago. Before Terry Witt moved, he threw nearly 50 years of birds records in the trash. Nothing is in EBird or Avisis or archived in any way. He told me he threw everything out because he didn’t think anyone would want them. Such a shame. Unfortunately he passed away about a month ago. Even if the records are in EBird, archiving the original field notes would be worth the effort. My 2 cents. Scott Somershoe Littleton CO Green big year stands at 253 species. Zzzz. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 6, 2021, at 9:23 AM, Patrick O'Driscoll mailto:patodr...@gmail.com>> wrote: I wholeheartedly agree with Chuck. Pre-eBird paper lists are important artifacts of our birding history, especially as so much of our recordkeeping has shifted to digital. And Jeff, your remarks are a great reminder for all of us to archive our earlier lists on eBird. Those of us eBirders who regularly visit Denver City Park know something about this. Sometime after the Cornell Lab invented eBird, a prominent Colorado birder who visited City Park regularly in his youth transferred all of his written birding lists from there into the database. Between 1947 and 1950, young Hugh Kingery recorded hundreds of visits and sightings in the park. eBird tells us now that Hugh was responsible for the first 80 species sightings in Denver City Park, all in that period. (More than three decades later, in 1987, he added two more first sightings.) Hugh's 320 "Denver City Park" eBird lists far outnumber those of the rest of us. His is a shining example of the importance of saving all of our sightings to the Cornell Lab's brilliant invention. Good eBirding! Patrick O'Driscoll Denver On Mon, Sep 6, 2021 at 7:48 AM Charles Hundertmark mailto:chundertma...@gmail.com>> wrote: Veteran field ornithologists like Hugh should check into archiving their old checklists at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. It’s an excellent archive housing the records of several of the prominent field ornithologists from Colorado’s past. Chuck Hundertmark Lafayette, CO On Sep 6, 2021, at 7:41 AM, Jeff Percell mailto:jeff.perc...@gmail.com>> wrote: You should add the checklists onto eBird, so that everyone can benefit from the data. https://support.ebird.org/en/support/solutions/articles/48001158707-get-started-with-ebird Thanks, Jeff Percell Erie, CO On Sunday, September 5, 2021 at 4:58:36 PM UTC-6 ouz...@aol.com<http://aol.com/> wrote: Does anyone know of a place that might have an interest in saving old bird checklists? I have a packet several inches thick of everything from Chatfield to Rock Creek to Durango to Bonny and I'm ready to give them away or to toss them. Hugh Kingery -- -- 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<mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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...@goo
[cobirds] Re: more detailed information on Baird's sparrow location douglas CO
doug and ELAINE, apologies! On Thursday, August 12, 2021 at 1:07:17 PM UTC-6 linda purcell wrote: > got it! and thanks to Doug Kibbe and Mackenzie Goldthwait who showed > me EXACTLY where to look!!! > > On Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at 1:32:08 PM UTC-6 srash...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> Sure Linda, >> You'll want to park at the Sharptail Ridge trail head and walk >> south/southeast along the trail for about 2.5 miles. My fiance and I, along >> with a couple of other birders had success working along the ravine that >> cuts near the trail. The birds were not vocalizing at the time so it made >> it more difficult to discern them from among other sparrows in the area >> including vesper, brewers, and grasshopper. >> >> Best of luck to you. >> >> Steve Rash >> Denver Co. >> >> On Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at 9:29:48 AM UTC-6 li...@archpml.com >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi, if you have observed the Baird's sparrow in Douglas Co Sharptail >>> Ridg Open space, would you be able to provide more specific information >>> regarding best access and general location of bird(s)?i'm headed out >>> there on Thursday morning.my first posting, and thanks for your help >>> with this. >>> Linda Purcell >>> >> -- -- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/4246d36c-cb37-499f-a193-93e24298f2e1n%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Re: more detailed information on Baird's sparrow location douglas CO
got it! and thanks to Doug Kibbe and Mackenzie Goldthwait who showed me EXACTLY where to look!!! On Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at 1:32:08 PM UTC-6 srash...@gmail.com wrote: > Sure Linda, > You'll want to park at the Sharptail Ridge trail head and walk > south/southeast along the trail for about 2.5 miles. My fiance and I, along > with a couple of other birders had success working along the ravine that > cuts near the trail. The birds were not vocalizing at the time so it made > it more difficult to discern them from among other sparrows in the area > including vesper, brewers, and grasshopper. > > Best of luck to you. > > Steve Rash > Denver Co. > > On Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at 9:29:48 AM UTC-6 li...@archpml.com wrote: > >> >> Hi, if you have observed the Baird's sparrow in Douglas Co Sharptail Ridg >> Open space, would you be able to provide more specific information >> regarding best access and general location of bird(s)?i'm headed out >> there on Thursday morning.my first posting, and thanks for your help >> with this. >> Linda Purcell >> > -- -- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/feab0ffe-6e96-4531-91e0-1feada135e7an%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Re: more detailed information on Baird's sparrow location douglas CO
thanks so much, that really helps me get my bearings and general location. i'm headed out there early, so maybe more chance of seeing and hearing. i have drilled the calls into my head On Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at 1:32:08 PM UTC-6 srash...@gmail.com wrote: > Sure Linda, > You'll want to park at the Sharptail Ridge trail head and walk > south/southeast along the trail for about 2.5 miles. My fiance and I, along > with a couple of other birders had success working along the ravine that > cuts near the trail. The birds were not vocalizing at the time so it made > it more difficult to discern them from among other sparrows in the area > including vesper, brewers, and grasshopper. > > Best of luck to you. > > Steve Rash > Denver Co. > > On Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at 9:29:48 AM UTC-6 li...@archpml.com wrote: > >> >> Hi, if you have observed the Baird's sparrow in Douglas Co Sharptail Ridg >> Open space, would you be able to provide more specific information >> regarding best access and general location of bird(s)?i'm headed out >> there on Thursday morning.my first posting, and thanks for your help >> with this. >> Linda Purcell >> > -- -- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/02caccb3-19c3-4ebb-b8e2-e4d8afa2ef0dn%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] more detailed information on Baird's sparrow location douglas CO
Hi, if you have observed the Baird's sparrow in Douglas Co Sharptail Ridg Open space, would you be able to provide more specific information regarding best access and general location of bird(s)?i'm headed out there on Thursday morning.my first posting, and thanks for your help with this. Linda Purcell -- -- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/85cc00c8-4ca4-4cdb-9466-3ffab60946c6n%40googlegroups.com.