Wow, we will miss you, Gary! Your knowledge of birds is amazing. Good luck in Vermont, hope you find cool birds there too. Anne
On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 12:29:54 PM UTC-6 Lisa Carp wrote: > Wow! Sorry to hear this but Vermont is pretty cool. Thanks for all you've > done for the birds of CO. > I for one will miss your hawk (& other bird) reports! > Good luck! > Lisa Carp > Superior > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 9:27 AM 'The Nunn Guy' via Colorado Birds < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> We are moving to Vermont and our house in Nunn will be listed in next >> weeks. We expect a quick sale in this "hot" market. I wish I can personally >> thank many of you for your generosity and enthusiasm about birding. I >> enjoyed everyone of you who attended any trips I led up here and down in >> Colorado Springs-area. I appreciated bumping into birders in the field and >> learning something new about birding, life and yourself. I really enjoyed >> "passerbyers" and pointing out birds to them and seeing the light "turn on" >> for birding. >> >> Ten things I'll miss about Colorado >> >> - Pawnee National Grassland--growing up in the most dense state in >> America (NJ) Colorado taught me to truly appreciated and embrace living >> on >> the prairie >> - Love the Colorado concert scene-especially at Red Rocks >> - Beautiful weather >> - Diversity of birds--who knew gulls existed outside a beach >> - Scenic drives in the mountains >> - Fort Collins >> - "Hiding" the last ten years of my Air Force career at the >> magnificent U. S. Air Force Academy >> - Conservation-minded citizenry >> - Pikes Peak-in the middle of an Air Force tour in South Korea I >> received a phone call saying my next assignment was the Air Force Academy >> in Colorado Springs. My initial "Joisey" reaction was "what the heck is >> in >> Colorado?" (thinking wild west, wagon wheels, etc ;-) ) When I stepped >> off >> the plane in Colorado Springs and saw Pikes Peak I said to myself (and >> others) "I don't have to go back to Jersey any more" >> - Plant-based protein culture and availability >> >> Ten things we love about Vermont >> >> - Did I mention GREEN? We visited last July, everywhere we went (and >> we traveled the entire state) was GREEN, GREEN and more GREEN >> - Billboards are illegal >> - Mandatory recycle >> - Maple syrup (diners and bakeries!) >> - Montpelier is the only state capital without a McDonald's >> - Vermont does not have any skyscraper. Vermont is the only state >> that does not have any buildings taller than 124 feet >> - Covered bridges >> - Farm stands (pay-as-you-go, free, pay-what you can) everywhere >> - Second smallest state by population >> - Vermont became the last state to get a Walmart store >> >> I'll miss the Colorado birding community! Until we meet again ... >> >> Thanks, Gary Lefko, Nunn >> https://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/ >> >> https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/birds-and-more-of-the-pawnee-national-grassland >> >> -- >> -- >> 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/61f85935-72a6-4e68-a3e4-afb24eb4151dn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/61f85935-72a6-4e68-a3e4-afb24eb4151dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- -- 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/59582756-2f83-48fe-a062-3df6e576b847n%40googlegroups.com.
