I was outside @ 5:30am this morning (Thursday, driving spouse to DIA). The glow of Mercury (now I know, thanks)drew our attention to the stars, beautiful. A Great Horned Owl flew over our car as the suns rays changed the pallet of the sky canvas.
Jennifer Hyypio Douglas County, CO May your winds be strong And your thermals high > On Oct 15, 2015, at 1:20 PM, Ted Floyd <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. -- 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/4EFA960B-4D3B-4086-B647-F5A72D0CF832%40earthlink.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
