Peter - I love your last sentence comment! On Friday, April 16, 2021 at 2:08:20 PM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote:
> 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/24affe81-5f01-4e12-8ba1-bc19bc3715b7n%40googlegroups.com.
