Low key big green year, Fort Collins based

[Rick]

Greetings -

I saw Nick Komar today, checking out redpolls at the Discovery Center Museum in Fort Collins.  I mentioned to him that I am doing a big green year and he encouraged me to tell others about it.  Mine will be a low key effort, nothing to match the BIGBY that Christian Nunes did in 2008 (see his excellent blog here).  But I too decided that I no longer feel good about getting in the car or flying to far off places to see a rarity or to add a bird to my life list. 

I will restrict my efforts to either walking or biking from my home in NW Fort Collins.  My list to date stands at 54 species, and a few highlights include northern pygmy owl, northern shrike, spotted towhee, and, of course, the redpolls at the Discovery Center.  It's been a lot of fun, good exercise, and I am learning about more local trails, and out of the way areas to bird in my neighborhood.

Good birding to all,

Rick Schroeder
Fort Collins