CFO's "Colorado Birds" magazine, October, 2012

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Tom Wilberding

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Nov 16, 2012, 2:12:12 PM11/16/12

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Congrats to CFO for another very interesting issue, and a good reason to join CFO. For annual dues of only $25 you get 4 issues per year of this great magazine with color photos, a discount for the CFO annual convention, and the satisfaction of supporting the study, conservation, and enjoyment of Colorado Birds. Here’s where to join CFO: http://cfobirds.org/business/contribute.php

In October’s issue I especially liked SeEtta Moss's article titled "Fledgling American Kestrels Climb Tree Trunks." It reminded me of the theory that this is how some dinosaurs evolved into birds--by running up tree trunks, then gliding down on their developing wings. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scansoriopterygidae

And if that's the case, then I thought of the catchy $1,000 phrase guaranteed to confound your non-birding friends: “ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny"—a biological hypothesis that in developing from embryo to adult, animals go through stages resembling or representing successive stages in the evolution of their remote ancestors.

I am a very amateur ornithologist and welcome hearing from other’s more in the know. Thanks to SeEtta Moss for her observations, research, and interesting article.