Yet another inducement--as if you needed one--to head out tomorrow (Sunday) morning is that the International Space Shuttle will be visible in the late 4am hour. Here's how to spot it from Boulder County:
http://tinyurl.com/find-ISS-in-Boulder Thanks to Bob Zilly for this tip. Speaking of Bob Zilly, he and I went out this morning to Ish Reservoir, Boulder County, where we looked for meteors and planets but mainly saw clouds and haze. At one point, though, a dazzling Perseid zoomed prematurely through the sky. A few Chipping Sparrows migrated over, and we did, eventually, see planets, Messier objects, and such. Shorebird conditions remain excellent at Ish, yet shorebirds remain essentially non-existent. The water's gone back up at Jim Hamm (boo), but it's down a bit at Panama (yay), which had distant peeps. Ted Floyd [email protected] Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado > If you're looking for the perfect excuse to witness the glorious midsummer > night flight of Chipping Sparrows over Colorado's Front Range region, here > ya go: > > > http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/ataglance > > > Scroll down to "Saturday, August 3," although, as you can see from the > text, they really mean "Sunday, August 4." Along with practically the whole > solar system, you get a bunch of fantastic deep sky objects, readily viewed > through decent binoculars. Plus sparrows migrating over. I can't imagine > anything else I'd rather be doing at 4am Sunday morning! (Thanks to Bob > Zilly for this tip.) > > > Ted Floyd > > [email protected] > > Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/8069e763-8051-44a7-9607-82a2d0c57812%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
