Hello, Birders. Here is a summary of the contents of vol. 44, no. 4 (2010), of the quarterly journal Colorado Birds, published by Colorado Field Ornithologists (CFO).
* PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. * by JIM BEATTY. * pp. 212-213. * Member opinion is sought regarding proposed changes to the bylaws of the Colorado Bird Records Committee, and birders with electronic expertise are encouraged to assist CFO as the association continues to expand member services in the digital era. * CFO BOARD MEETING MINUTES. * by LARRY MODESITT. * pp. 213-217. * Major topics of discussion at the 21 August 2010 quarterly meeting of the CFO board included review of the 2010 convention and proposed changes to the bylaws of the Colorado Bird Records Committee. New items of business included planning for the 2011 convention and support by CFO for an Ornithology Fellow at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. * ACROSS THE BOARD: JOE ROLLER. * by JIM BEATTY. * pp. 217-220. * CFO board member Joe Roller is many things: a victim of neotaxophilia (read the article!) and the purveyor of many a (deliberate) malapropism; a trombone player and a gastroenterologist; an Atlas neophyte and an old Eagle Scout; and, above all, an incurably enthusiastic birder. * RON RYDER AWARD RECIPIENT: ALEXANDER CRUZ. * by BILL KAEMPFER. * pp. 220-221. * Alexander Cruz, recipient of the 2010 Ronald A. Ryder Award for Distinguished Service to Colorado Field Ornithology and Professor of Ecology & Evolution Biology at the University of Colorado, is especially notable for having trained a great many of today's prominent ecologists and other biologists. * BOOK REVIEW: BIRDS OF WYOMING. * by ROBERT RIGHTER. * pp. 222-224. * This review of Douglas W. Faulkner's major new ornithological reference praises the work for its illuminating introductory materials, detailed and innovative species accounts, and extensive references. * REMEMBERING MONA HILL. * by BILL PRATHER and INEZ PRATHER. * pp. 225-226. * Mona Hill, former CFO board member and Editor of Colorado Birds, died 24 May 2010; she is remembered for her enthusiasm for finding rare birds--and for helping others to find rare birds! * BIRD DIVERSITY IN THE COLORADO SUBALPINE. * by Erin E. Posthumus, Alexander Cruz, and Jameson Chace * pp. 227-237. * In a 2004 field study, avian diversity was higher in quaking aspen and spruce-fir forests than in lodgepole pine forests; habitat change and fire suppression may result in future declines in bird species diversity in subalpine forest habitats in Colorado. * FIELD NOTE: CORDILLERAN FLYCATCHER NESTLING DEATH. * by Dave Leatherman * pp. 238-239. * A pair of Cordilleran Flycatchers in Larimer County suddenly stopped tending their four nestlings on 9 July 2010; investigation of the matter revealed that the nest had been overrun by the bloodsucking mite Ornithonyssus sylviarum. * The 56TH REPORT OF THE CBRC. * by Lawrence S. Semo and Doug Faulkner * pp. 240-254. * This report summarizes the Colorado Bird Record's Committees evaluations of 43 reports of 35 occurrences of 19 species; highlights include Colorado's second Anhinga and the recent "splits" of the whip-poor-will and winter wren species-complexes, resulting in a net addition of two species to the Colorado list. * THE HUNGRY BIRD: GIZZARD SHAD. * by Dave Leatherman * pp. 254-257. * Birders should get to know the gizzard shad--bringer of Mew and Glaucous gulls, Neotropic cormorant, rare loons, jaegers, multitudinous grebes, immense throngs of mergansers, and even raptors. This small round, pale, silvery, non-native fish is sometimes abundant in Colorado's reservoirs. * THE HUNGRY BIRDER: SALIDA. * by Sherrie York * pp. 258-261. * Birders visiting Salida, Chaffee County, are encouraged to get away from the Highway 50 strip for such dining delights as the Boat House Cantina (with good viewing of American Dippers), The Simmering Cup (for a taste of Boulder), Moonlight Pizza (said to have super-powers), and...no fast food! Highway 50 options include Los Girasoles (Mexican), Manjati's (Italian), and, ahem, fast food. * NEWS FROM THE FIELD: SPRING 2010. * by Joel and Marcel Such * pp. 262-281. * Colorado birding highlights from the spring (March-May) of 2010 included Eurasian Wigeon (3 reports), Mexican Duck (2 reports), Hudsonian Godwit, Laughing Gull, Eastern Wood-Pewee (5 reports), Alder Flycatcher (6 reports), Yellow-throated Vireo (11 reports), Philadelphia Vireo (3 reports), Gray-cheeked Thrush (8 reports), Wood Thrush (4 reports), Swainson's Warbler, Connecticut Warbler (3 reports), Scarlet Tanager (2 reports), and Eastern Meadowlark. * IN THE SCOPE: WINTER AND PACIFIC WRENS. * by Tony Leukering and Nathan Pieplow * pp. 281-286. * Both species of "stub-tailed wrens" (eastern Winter Wren and western Pacific Wren) have occurred in Colorado, but their status and distribution in the state are unclear; differences in plumages and especially call notes, discussed in detail in this article, are important for field separation of the two species. 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