Brandon raises an interesting and for many, an important point.
"Is it worth posting about migrant birds in the morning if they are not major state rarities?" Well, there are many reasons that folks read and post to COBIRDS, and amongst them are: 1) To hear about a bird that's interesting enough to chase. What is and what is not interesting enough to chase should be up to the recipient - that is a personal decision and will be different to every individual that ever "chases". It will also vary day by day. Not everyone is limited to weekends off work. Some folks will drive miles, other will go no further than their neighbor's yard. And of course you may just be driving by.. Oh, and by the way, we are ALL chasers at some level or another. Even if only as far as the window when your partner calls out about a yardbird. Best they call it whilst they are still watching it, not wait to mention it until dinner time? 2) To hear about migration in progress - many folks like to hear that migrants have been seen elsewhere today, and take the inspiration from that to go birding locally, maybe at lunchtime in the city park or some other local hotspot 3) For an interesting read.. COBIRDS is usually more pertinent than watching the TV news! Except COBIRDS doesn't yet do "coming up .. stay tuned..." birdnews - too bad. 4) For those who do not want to read timely sightings, you can opt to receive a daily digest, or if daily is too often, then one can log onto J Siler's www.birdingonthe.net and read all the recent Colorado posts there. I figure you know where I stand by now.. Personally, I would urge everyone to post their migrant bird news reports as early as possible.. (thanks Brandon) My two pennyworth Good birding all Dick Filby Carbondale, CO From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brandon K. Percival Sent: 24 April 2012 15:27 To: cobirds Subject: [cobirds] Chico Basin Ranch posts from yesterday Importance: High Hi all, Since I received e-mails from people asking is there any point to post sightings early in the morning from Chico Basin Ranch, that most people wouldn't go chase, like Black-throated Gray Warbler and Northern Parula. The main reason I posted early, is to let the word out that there are interesting migrants currently at Chico, so everyone who reads the post early enough (who might be wanting to know, if there might be birds around today), can perhaps go out to their local migrant spots, and maybe find more interesting migrants. I know very few people will actually chase a bird at Chico, the day it is found, though I think it is important to let cobirds know, when interesting migrants are around. Hopefully this explains it. I did hear one person did see the Kentucky Warbler fairly late in the afternoon yesterday! Some rare migrants seem to be coming through right now, and I'm guessing it will be a very interesting weekend on the eastern plains of Colorado, with the unsettled weather. Brandon Percival Pueblo West, CO _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2411/4956 - Release Date: 04/24/12 -- 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. -- 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.
