Good luck and have fun in Vermont! Will someone be taking over the Friends of Pawnee website?
Adam Johnson Fort Collins On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 7:31:53 AM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: > 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/0789cd35-6fcc-4263-93b9-5f7b5a4efe74n%40googlegroups.com.
