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On Sep 18, 3:53 pm, Ted Floyd <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, Birders. > > Here, belatedly, is a summary of the contents of Colorado Birds, vol. 44, no. > 2. Colorado Birds is the quarterly journal of Colorado Field Ornithologists > (CFO). > > * VICE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. > * by BILL KAEMPFER. > * pp. 72-73. > * The slow march of spring across Colorado culminates in the CFO convention, > held in late May. The site for the 2010 CFO convention is Fort Collins, a > world-class site for a birding convention. > > * CFO BOARD MINUTES. > * by LARRY MODESITT. > * pp. 73-78. > * At the 30 January 2010 meeting of the Board of Directors of CFO it was > determined that the organization is in solid financial shape, with positive > income reported for 2009. Much of the meeting centered around planning for > the 2010 convention. > > * ACROSS THE BOARD: LARRY MODESITT. > * by JIM BEATTY. > * pp. 78-80. > * CFO Board member and Nominations Chairman Larry Modesitt got into birding > as a young adult; encounters in the field with Patty Echelmeyer and Joe > Roller proved his final undoing, and Modesitt has gone on to become one of > the six members of the elite Fourteener-400 Club. (Read the article to learn > what that means!) > > * BOOK REVIEW: SMALL MOUNTAIN OWLS. > * by HUGH KINGERY. > * pp. 80-82. > * This review of a recent book by Colorado owl expert Scott Rashid praises > the author for his mix of formal and informal writing, his engaging rhetoric, > and his copious photographs and illustrations. > > * WHITHER COLORADO'S WHEATEAR? > * by WALTER SZELIGA. > * pp. 82-89. > * Colorado's only record of Northern Wheatear is an individual collected in > Boulder County by one Henry Minot on 14 May 1880. The specimen cannot be > located, however, and it is possible that this record pertains to Mountain > Bluebird or a longspur. > > * The 54TH REPORT OF THE CBRC. > * by LAWRENCE S. SEMO and DOUG W. FAULKNER. > * pp. 89-105. > * This report summarizes the Colorado Bird Records Committee's evaluations of > 35 occurrences of 19 species reported during the period 2005-2009. Highlights > include the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd state records of "Mexican" Duck and the 3rd > state record of Smith's Longspur. > > * THE HUNGRY BIRD: THE ARMY CUTWORM, OR MILLER MOTH. > * by DAVE LEATHERMAN. > * pp. 105-108. > * Considered annoying and pestiferous by certain humans, the army cutworm (or > "miller moth") is notable for its periodic population outbreaks in Colorado > and elsewhere. During such outbreaks, these high-fat moths provide food to > many animals--European Starlings, Western Meadowlarks, blackbirds, other > birds, and even grizzly bears. > > * THE HUNGRY BIRDER: FORT COLLINS. > * by ERIC DeFONSO. > * pp. 108-114. > * Places to eat in Fort Collins include Lucile's (Cajun), HuHot (Mongolian), > and Suehiro (Japanese). Particularly noteworthy are the quirky and socially > conscious New Belgium Brewery and the Taj Mahal (Indian), the latter being > rated the best place in town. > > * NEWS FROM THE FIELD: FALL 2009. > * by BILL MAYNARD. > * pp. 115-135. > * Especially notable birds reported from Colorado, August-November 2009, > include Arctic Loon, Neotropic Cormorant, Swallow-tailed Kite, Common > Black-Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Western Gull, Arctic Tern, Blue-throated > Hummingbird, Alder Flycatcher, Cave Swallow, many rare warblers, Le Conte's > Sparrow, and Painted Bunting. > > * IN THE SCOPE: MOLT AND PLUMAGE. > * by TONY LEUKERING. > * pp. 135-142. > * This article, the first in a multi-part series on molt, lays out the > groundwork for understanding the complex but important topic of molt. Key to > understanding molt is the annual prebasic molt or complete replacement of a > bird's feathers, which usually occurs following breeding. > > For more information on the journal Colorado Birds, please visit the Colorado > Birds webpage of the CFO website:http://tiny.cc/SkCNN. For more information > on CFO, please visit the CFO homepage:http://tiny.cc/xySmh. > > ------------------------------- > > Ted Floyd > Editor, Birding > > Follow Birding magazine on Twitter:http://twitter.com/BirdingMagazine > > ------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
