Good stuff, Bryan. I always appreciate these tips. And, blast, I was planning on getting some sleep overnight, but you've ruined that... ;-)
For those of you who are up early tomorrow (Friday) morning, look east for a spectacular showing by Mercury. The planet achieves maximum western elongation (confusing term--that means look for it in the *east*) at 7pm this evening. Don't look for it tonight, but, rather, tomorrow morning from 6:15-6:30am; should be stunning. As if that we're good enough, Mercury also achieves maximum brightness tomorrow morning, magnitude -2.6, three times brighter than Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky. Bird-wise, I heard a single American Tree Sparrow-like flight call at about 5:30 this morning, Greenlee Preserve, Boulder County. A bit early for that species, but not out of the question. And a nice male "Prairie" Merlin after sunrise at Greenlee Preserve. Pix here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S25426239 Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County On Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 11:46:35 AM UTC-6, Bryan Guarente wrote: > > CoBirders, > I have heard the conversations so far about this being a slow migration > pattern. I agree it has been a slow migration thus far, but I would > propose that it is because our upper-level wind patterns (about 1.5km up > from the ground) haven't been ideal for migration except for birds that fly > on thermals (think raptors, cranes, and pelicans) or really strong fliers > (geese). Be careful when expressing that this is climate change in > action. We cannot make a statement from a single season without comparing > it to other seasons and MANY other years quantitatively. > > > -- 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/0930b7d8-3ddc-4bfe-b745-9144662d4394%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
