Steve, I didn’t particularly think today was going to be good. Tomorrow is a better chance by a bunch. Birdcast, for clarity, is about whether there will be birds seen on radar. It is not necessarily about where the birds will land so be careful with that assessment. Birdcast certainly has its place in the conservation world and can inform the birding world (if those are different). My forecasts are a different role than what Birdcast offers and both, I believe, are beneficial just to different audiences.
Good luck tomorrow. Bryan On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 11:36 AM Steven Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > For what it is worth…. I checked Birdcast this morning pre-dawn, and was > getting excited for banding possibilities at Clear Spring Ranch (El Paso > Co). It was a dud. Maybe my slowest September day ever at CSR. > > Few Chipping Sparrows (none netted), fewer warblers. Netted 8 birds all > morning - banded 3, saw 2 more warblers. I DID band a young Red-eyed Vireo, > and a Hatch-year Dusky Flycatcher, but it was SLOW. The big events for the > day were - (1) 500+ Common Grackles flushed from a field in one giant flock > by a Prairie Falcon, and (2) 22 Western Kingbirds lining the fence on the > way out - my second biggest arrival of those ever. > > Hoping for more this weekend - > Steve Brown > Colo Spgs > > On Sep 2, 2021, at 6:23 AM, Bryan Guarente <[email protected]> > wrote: > > COBirders, > This morning, the cloud cover is relatively low, and I am sitting out on > the patio right at sun-up to see if there are any birds calling while they > are passing by. No luck so far, but the winds aren't great for migration > yet. The day is young though. Right now, the pattern looks like this: > > https://earth.nullschool.net/#2021/09/02/1200Z/wind/isobaric/850hPa/orthographic=-108.61,45.45,2061/loc=-105.120,40.191 > (green > circle is Longmont, CO) > > > Best of luck out there. May the birds concentrate in your area one day. > Bryan > > Bryan Guarente > Meteorologist/Instructional Designer > UCAR/The COMET Program > Boulder, CO > > > -- > -- > 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/68E8776C-BDC2-4667-B779-6CB52B4C181C%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/68E8776C-BDC2-4667-B779-6CB52B4C181C%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Bryan Guarente Meteorologist/Instructional Designer UCAR/The COMET Program Boulder, CO -- -- 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/CAENnWHsJCnm8a7iPooJhnQBBUsc_a0ruR2BE5eg4ZLLUiAPWEQ%40mail.gmail.com.
