Re: [cobirds] CFO Convention: Final Countdown

[David Suddjian]

And dear conventioneers, don't forget to report the Black-capped Vireos and
other birding highlights to COBirds!

David Suddjian
Littleton, CO


On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 6:50 AM, Ted Floyd  wrote:

> Hi, everybody. We're almost there! The CFO convention welcome picnic gets
> under way tomorrow evening, Thursday, May 5, at Willow Creek Park in Lamar,
> where we will be greeted by CFO President Doug Faulkner and Lamar Mayor
> Roger Stagner, where Mississippi Kites will be sailing on the balmy
> zephyrs, and where Black-capped Vireos will be singing from the shrubbery
> by the port-a-potties... Okay, a few items for your final CFO convention
> flight check:
>
> 1. Use #CFOConvention
>  for all social
> media content. We want to see your photos and stories!
>
> 2. Use eBird  for your field trips. Duh.
> But please also consider the option to "share" eBird checklists. Coordinate
> with your field trip leaders on this matter.
>
> 3. Speaking of field trips, please note that all CFO field trip leaders
> and participants observe the ABA Code of Birding Ethics
> .
>
> 4. Please print out--or, better yet, save a tree, and view on your
> phone--the abstracts for the Saturday science session. Your convention
> packet has a one-page overview (names of presenters, titles of
> presentations, times of presentations), but not the full texts of the
> abstracts. So go to the CFO convention's science session webpage
> , and check out
> the full texts of the abstracts.
>
> 5. For general information on the convention, check out the press release
> in *The Prowers Journal*
> 
> and the announcement at the City of Lamar website
> .
>
> See you tomorrow!
>
> Ted Floyd
> Lafayette, Boulder County
>
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[cobirds] CFO Convention: Final Countdown

[Ted Floyd]

Hi, everybody. We're almost there! The CFO convention welcome picnic gets 
under way tomorrow evening, Thursday, May 5, at Willow Creek Park in Lamar, 
where we will be greeted by CFO President Doug Faulkner and Lamar Mayor 
Roger Stagner, where Mississippi Kites will be sailing on the balmy 
zephyrs, and where Black-capped Vireos will be singing from the shrubbery 
by the port-a-potties... Okay, a few items for your final CFO convention 
flight check:

1. Use #CFOConvention 
 for all social 
media content. We want to see your photos and stories!

2. Use eBird  for your field trips. Duh. 
But please also consider the option to "share" eBird checklists. Coordinate 
with your field trip leaders on this matter.

3. Speaking of field trips, please note that all CFO field trip leaders and 
participants observe the ABA Code of Birding Ethics 
.

4. Please print out--or, better yet, save a tree, and view on your 
phone--the abstracts for the Saturday science session. Your convention 
packet has a one-page overview (names of presenters, titles of 
presentations, times of presentations), but not the full texts of the 
abstracts. So go to the CFO convention's science session webpage 
, and check out the 
full texts of the abstracts.

5. For general information on the convention, check out the press release 
in *The Prowers Journal* 

 
and the announcement at the City of Lamar website 
.

See you tomorrow!

Ted Floyd
Lafayette, Boulder County

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[cobirds] CFO convention final countdown: A few resources to prepare for Sterling

[Ted Floyd]

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

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