Oops. Make that *Black* Terns. My bad.
Oh, and Todd, as to your 18 Mississippi Kites... What can I say?--I was
with the slackers. We were too lazy to count past 12... ;-)
Say, over at CFO's Facebook home, folks are posting great photos and
stories from the convention. See for yourself:
Hello, Birders.
What a splendid CFO convention!
Here are 25 highlights that quickly come to mind. I’m sure I could rattle
off 100, but I’d rather hear from you. If you were at the convention, what
were your highlights? I’ll start us off; you do the rest. Here goes:
*1.* At least 12
I'll raise Ted to 18 Mississippi Kites in Sterling on the Friday chase
trip.
A Western Hognose Snake on the Tamarack SWA trip.
A nice irruption of out of state birders at the convention. (Nice job Tom
W.)
Great intel on dowitcher id from Jon Dunn.
Todd Deininger
Longmont, CO
On Sep 1, 2014
From: cobirds@googlegroups.com [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Todd Deininger
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 7:50 PM
To: co-birds
Subject: Re: [cobirds] CFO Convention Highlights
I'll raise Ted to 18 Mississippi Kites in Sterling on the Friday chase trip.
A Western Hognose Snake
Bill is wondering about the Least Terns. I'm more interested in the
Cheddar Waxwings. Sound delicious.
John Breitsch
Denver
On Monday, September 1, 2014 8:30:38 PM UTC-6, William Kaempfer wrote:
Keeping the thread going---
But, Ted, were there really Least Tern’s galore at Tinmath?
Just a quick update on birding activities from the southwest corner of the
state, where the CFO convention is being held in Cortez. The convention is half
done, and the birding has not disappointed. Over 150 birders have tallied well
over 150 species, including all the expected southwest
And now for the rest of the story
Just a quick update on birding activities from the southwest corner of the
state, where the CFO convention is being held in Cortez. The convention is
half done, and the birding has not disappointed. Over 150 birders have
tallied well over 150 species,
CFO Convention Wrap-Up
It was great fun in Alamosa over Memorial Day weekend for attendees at
the annual convention of the Colorado Field Ornithologists. We had 134
present including 5 from Texas, 3 from Kansas, 2 from New Mexico and one
from Arizona. The Coloradoans among us come from
