All, As I was shoveling several inches of heavy wet snow in below freezing temperature this morning, I thought to myself 'pretty wise decision by those passerines not to be here this morning'. We hear a lot about, and there are some observations to back it up, that spring and bird migrations are getting earlier, especially in Europe. My observation is that I have NOT seen that in eastern CO. There is huge variation in the temperatures here on daily, monthly and annual timescales, especially in winter. As always in climate studies, having very large natural variability makes seeing a trend very difficult. March and the first half of April have been considerably colder than average, and the Denver forecast has high temperatures below the daily average of 61F for the next week. Those warblers I'm desperate to see might not be here for a little while yet. However, this email has been delayed by seeing several good birds (non-passerines) around Lagerman Reservoir north of Boulder this morning.
Earlier this morning, I found food quite easily at the King Soopers in downtown Boulder, and I hope the birds did too. However, the foraging time was twice the normal length because of unfamiliarity with that store. Surprisingly for a male, I did ask for directions twice. Peter Gent. S Boulder near Table Mesa. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADEFvCfF%2BU1R_J%2BwqRZ6-JB4YBVA%3DmncP0rRh5Sx_arNzyUtVA%40mail.gmail.com.
