Big Sit! to be held at Chatfield State Park on Sunday, October 12

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Hello COBIRDERS!

Looking for something to Sunday, October 12th? How about some leisure
birding at a Big Sit?

What is a "Big Sit" you ask?
Well, a Big Sit is similar to the birding event called a "Big Day", in both
events participants try to count as many bird species as possible, the
difference is that in a Big Day you travel all over a geographical area
whereas during a Big Sit you sit (or stand) in one location (a 17-foot
diameter "circle") and count as many species seen or heard as possible in
the course of the day. This is a worldwide event and as of this posting
there are a number of Big Sit "circles" registered for this year's event!
I will once again host a Denver Field Ornithologists field trip, "The Big
Sit!" at Chatfield State Park on Sunday, October 12th. This will be the
19th year (non-consecutive, due to covid) for this fun and frivolous event.
It is open to the public and EVERYONE is welcome! It will be held from dawn
to dusk. Come when convenient. Come for an hour, half a day, or stay all
day. Whatever works for your schedule.
In addition to a day list, we will perform hourly counts so that every hour
there are "new" birds to be added to the hour's count.
"The Big Sit!" at Chatfield will be located at the Heronry Overlook on the
east side of the reservoir. A park map is at the entrance stations. Come
and help find some birds! NOTE: State Parks Pass required for all cars
entering the park.
Bring your own chair or use the bench seating provided by the heronry
overlook deck. Bring binoculars, spotting scope (if you have), food, water,
treats to share or whatever you need to spend time birding!
If you cannot attend "The Big Sit!" at Chatfield create your own! The
details and rules can be found at:
https://www.thebigsit.org/
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Hope to see you all there!
Joey Kellner
Littleton, Colorado

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[Patrick O'Driscoll]

A big P.S. to Joey's post:

Joey says Chris Wood, director and a co-founder of eBird and a Denver area native, plans to join this year's Big Sit! @ Chatfield SP sometime that morning. Come out Oct. 12 and bird with our Colorado birding favorite-son-made-good.

You may also have read on CoBirds that one night later, Chris will be the featured speaker at Denver Field Ornithologists' 90th birthday celebration. He's a DFO alumnus, having joined as a seventh grader.

His eBird-related topic will be:

Ninety Years of Birding, 10 Years Ahead: DFO in the eBird Story

Join us in person at the Lowry Conference Center (1061 Akron Way, Denver, 80230) on Monday, October 13.

Birthday cake and mingling are at 6:30 p.m. and Chris's program begins at 7 p.m. The evening will also include our annual DFO volunteer recognition.

If you're interested, leave a courtesy RSVP so we can estimate the number of attendees. The program (and cake!) are free.

Patrick O'Driscoll

Denver

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