Hello, everybody. Here I sit in the rainy backyard, enjoying the slow singing of snowy tree crickets, *Oecanthus fultoni*. A couple minutes ago, I heard the unmistakable liquid flight call (*quiddy quit!*) of an *upland sandpiper* on nocturnal migration. If you've got nothing better to do (come on, it's 4 in the morning), go out in the rain and listen. I bet others are on the move.
Oh, and this provides me the opportunity to announce that we will be doing our usual, annual meteors-and-migrants field trip during the wee hours of the morning next *Friday, Aug. 12.* Our undisclosed location is to be somewhere in eastern Boulder County. Will have a more detailed announcement shortly. But, for now, if you want to reserve a spot, please contact me offline (tfloyd "at" aba "dot" org), and I'll make sure you're included in the shenanigans. [Female *great horned owl* singing right now. Also, one of the resident night-singing *barn swallows* is at it.] Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County -- 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/db221106-5afd-4884-95fe-ae451a56bb9b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
