Hello, Everybody.
You don't want to miss it: The 2016 Perseids meteor shower is forecast to
be one of the best in recent memory. Astronomers are forecasting a meteor
"outburst," maybe even a rare meteor "storm." After the moon sets at around
1am, the skies will go dark, and the Perseids will dazzle. And we'll be
there to see it. So please join Colorado Field Ornithologists and Yours
Truly for this annual exercise in sleep-deprived wonder, *this coming
Friday, Aug. 12 *at an undisclosed location in eastern Boulder County.* See
below for info on when and where to meet.*
We'll also be listening for night birds. We'll listen for resident *owls
and rails,* plus nocturnal migrants like *Chipping Sparrows.* I've heard
nocturnal migrant *Upland Sandpipers* a couple nights in the past week, so
we'll be listening for "Uppies" too. If you "need" (you don't, but I
digress...) Upland Sandpiper for your Boulder County list, this is your
best chance.
And orthopterans. Various *field crickets, tree crickets, and ground
crickets* are singing now, and we'll learn the names of the common ones.
*Greater
anglewings* started singing a couple nights ago, so we'll be listening for
them too.
This outing, sponsored by Colorado Field Ornithologists, is free and open
to the public. *RSVP required*. Please *email me offline (I'm tfloyd "at"
aba "dot" org) for details* on our undisclosed meeting place, undisclosed
meeting time, and secret handshake. We will wrap up by around 6am. As we
head back to our cars, the resident *African Collared-Doves* will have
started singing. If that's not exciting, them I'm a monkey's uncle.
Hope to see ("see") some of you on Friday morning ("morning")!
Ted Floyd
Lafayette, Boulder County
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