Something else about Birding magazine

[Ted Floyd]

Hey, all.

I'm following up on Steve Stachowiak's kind offer of that long run of print copies of Birding magazine. (I gave at the office, so...)

The Feb. 2020 issue of Birding has a preponderance of content from various of Colorado's great birders.

Jack Bushong, discoverer of the Summit County Purple Sandpiper (and other things), has a major article on the field identification of the Mexican Duck; and Steve Mlodinow, one of the continent's ID & S&D experts, complement's Jack's article with a supremely useful photo salon. The Mexican Duck is already a valid eBird/Clements species, and a little birdie tells me that the AOS is re-evaluating the matter even as we speak. 

A little less ponderous than Mexican Duck ID is an absolutely delightful account, also in the Feb. 2020 issue, by Mel Goff of Colorado Springs. The subject matter is Mel's quest (with a little help from Jeanne...) to see all 50 U. S. state birds--each in the "correct" state. Don't laugh, it's not as easy as you might think--especially if you want to credibly tick Delaware's and Rhode Island's state birds... (And my natal state of Pennsylvania presented the biggest state-bird challenge to Mel and Jeanne; what's up with that?)

Ted Floyd

Lafayette, Boulder County