farewell

[Scott Baron]

Hi,

One sighting of minor note to report: a blue morph Snow Goose was in a large flock of Cackling and Canada geese along Rocky Mountain Ave. near Co. Rd. 24 in Loveland yesterday (Dec. 13) afternoon.

I have completed my Masters degree at Colorado State University as of this week.  I need to do some life stuff back East so I will be driving across the country starting today, making stops along the way for birding and sightseeing and then driving to see my family in Conn. for Christmas.  I'll be living in the DC area, a place that I lived for many years.  I will do some last minute birding in the Northern Front Range this morning, searching for but probably striking out on seeing a Northern Pygmy-Owl.

Through my enjoyment of birding during my brief time here I've gotten to know some of you as well as increasing my life list by quite a bit.  Thanks for any help that you have provided me.  It was also fun to become reacquainted with birds that I hadn't seen for a long time before I came here.  I will miss Colorado and would love to live here again someday if things work out.

Good luck with the CBCs.

Scott Baron

Loveland, Colo.

soon to be in Gaithersburg, Md.