Announcement: CFO field skills workshop, Dec. 12

[Ted Floyd]

Hello, Birders.

Everybody's signed up now for one or more Colorado CBCs, right? Okay, now what? Here's an idea: Join Colorado Field Ornithologists and Yours Truly for a pre-CBC field workshop, Sat., Dec. 12, 9am till noonish, at Greeenlee Preserve, Boulder County. Our primary focus will be on common, even abundant, birds that can be surprisingly hard to ID on count day--and any other day of the year, for that matter.

We'll learn how to distinguish between Canada geese and cackling geese; we'll try to make sense out of Cassiar juncos and even Ridgway's juncos; and, just for fun, we'll learn how to age ring-billed gulls (with an eye toward finding a mew gull or something). And as time allows, we'll look for some of the recent goodies at Greenlee Preserve and adjoining Waneka Lake: gray catbird, greater white-fronted goose, merlin, bushtit, and, everybody's favorite, African collared-dove.

Of course, we'll cover some of the basics: counting birds in large flocks; what to do about hybrids and spuhs; signing up for the Boulder CBC, I mean, any CBC of your choosing; protocol for paying proper homage to your compiler . . .

This workshop is free and open to the public. All persons welcome; no prior experience necessary. If you've never heard of a Ridgway's Junco, come and learn; if you know how to ID a Ridgway's Junco, please explain it to the rest of us. On-street parking available immediately west of the preserve (Salina Street & vicinity). We will assemble at 9am at the observation deck at the southwest corner of Greenlee Preserve. 

Ted Floyd

Lafayette, Boulder County

[Ted Floyd]

Hey, everybody. Brandon Percival has kindly compiled a list of all known Colorado CBCs, dates, compilers' names, and compilers' email addresses. Please enlist in one or more Colorado CBCs, and of course please get with the compiler(s) for the particulars of your assignment(s). Thanks again to Brandon for providing this resource. Here's the complete list:

Aspen, 1/3/16

Rebecca Weiss

austinrebeccaweiss "at" gmail "dot" com

 

Barr Lake, 1/3/16

Charles Hundertmark

chundertmark8 "at" gmail "dot" com

 

Black Forest, 1/3/16

Hugh Kingery

ouzels8 "at" aol "dot" com

 

Bonny Reservoir, 12/18/15

Glenn Walbek           

gwalbek "at" comcast "dot" net

 

Boulder, 12/20/15

Bill Schmoker

bill "at" schmoker "dot" org

 

Colorado Springs, 12/19/15

Tyler Stuart

tylerhstuart "at" gmail "dot" com

 

Cortez,            12/26/15

Jason St. Pierre

mrjstpierre "at" gmail "dot" com

 

Crook, 12/27/15

Steve Larson

stevenelarson "at" comcast "dot" net

 

Delta, 12/19/15

Amy Seglund

amy.seglund "at" state.co "dot" us

 

Denver, 12/19/15

Joey Kellner

vireo1 "at" comcast "dot" net

 

Denver-urban, 1/1/16

Hugh Kingery

ouzels8 "at" aol "dot" com

 

Dotsero, TBD

Molly  Schreiner

mollys "at" walkingmountains "dot" org

 

Douglas County, 12/26/15

Nancy Crews

nbcrews46 "at" msn "dot" com

 

Durango, 12/20/15

Susan Allerton

sallerton "at" earthlink "dot" net

 

Eagle Valley, 12/19/15

Molly Schreiner

mollys "at" walkingmountains "dot" org

 

Evergreen-Idaho Springs, 12/20/15

Chuck Aid

caid "at" ecentral "dot" com

 

Fairplay, 12/14/15

Kristen Meyer

kristenemeyer "at" fs.fed "dot" us

 

Flagler            , 1/2/16

William Kaempfer

kaempfer "at" colorado "dot" edu

 

Fort Collins, 12/19/15

Thomas Hall

redbear44 "at" msn "dot" com

 

Fountain Creek, 12/14/15

Daniel Maynard

dmaynar "at" gmail "dot" com

 

Granby, 12/19/15

Doreen Sumerlin

dsumerlin "at" fs.fed "dot" us

 

Grand Junction, 12/20/15

Robert Whitmore

rwhitmor "at" wvu "dot" edu

 

Grand Mesa, 1/1/16

Robert Whitmore

rwhitmor "at" wvu "dot" edu

 

Great Sand Dunes National Park, TBD

Phyllis Pineda Bovin

phyllis_bovin "at" nps "dot" gov

 

Greeley, 12/26/15

Paul Lightsey

plightse "at" info2000 "dot" net

 

Gunnison, 12/20/15

Arden Anderson

kankan "at" frontier "dot" net

 

Hotchkiss, 1/2/16

Jason Beason

jason.beason "at" rmbo "dot" org

 

John Martin Reservoir, 12/15/15

Dotti Russell

letsgoRV "at" bresnan "dot" net

 

Lake Isabel, 1/3/16

David Silverman

silvireo "at" hotmail "dot" com

 

Longmont, 12/19/15

Ron Harden

hardenrr "at" msn "dot" com

 

Loveland, 1/1/16

Nick Komar

quetzal65 "at" comcast "dot" net

 

Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge, 12/19/15

Lisa Clements

lgclements "at" yahoo "dot" com

 

Montrose, 12/20/15

Melissa Siders

msiders "at" blm "dot" gov

 

North Park, 12/18/15

Deborah McLachlan

deb.mclachlan "at" state.co "dot" us

 

Nunn, TBD

James Sedgwick

gunnerpoo "at" aol "dot" com

 

Pagosa Springs, 12/19/15

Rebecca Gillette

rgillette "at" audubon "dot" org

 

Penrose, 12/20/15

Mark Peterson

mpeterson33 "at" yahoo "dot" com

 

Pueblo, 12/23/15

Brandon K. Percival

bkpercival "at" yahoo "dot" com

 

Pueblo Reservoir, 12/19/15

Mark Yaeger

radeaux "at" hotmail "dot" com

 

Rawhide Energy Station, 1/1/16

Douglas Kibbe

dpkibbe "at" msn "dot" com

 

Roaring Fork River Valley, 1/2/16

David Clark

clark "at" sopris "dot" net

 

Rocky Ford, 12/16/15

Stanley Oswald

stanoswald "at" gmail "dot" com

 

Rocky Mountain National Park, 12/19/15

Gary Matthews

gjmatlop "at" aol "dot" com

 

Salida, 12/19/15

Andrew Mackie

andrewjmackie "at" gmail "dot" com

 

Spanish Peaks, 12/27/15

David Silverman

silvireo "at" hotmail "dot" com

 

Steamboat Springs, 12/19/15

Thomas Litteral

tlitteral "at" comcast "dot" net

 

Sterling, 12/16/15

William Kaempfer

kaempfer "at" colorado "dot" edu

 

Weldona-Fort Morgan, 12/15/15

Bruce Bosley

bruce.bosley "at" colostate "dot" edu

 

Westcliffe, 1/2/16

Jane Pedersen

janelcsw "at" aol "dot" com