How did the Big Sit go? How many birds did you see? Cinnamon Bergeron
On Sun, Oct 8, 2023 at 4:37 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello again COBIRDERS! > > Looking for something to do today...Sunday? How about some leisure > birding at a Big Sit? > > What is a "Big Sit" you ask? > > > > Well, a Big Sit is similar to the birding event called a "Big Day", in > both events participants try to count as many species as possible, the > difference is that in a Big Day you travel all over a geographical area > whereas during a Big Sit you sit (or stand) in one location (a 17-foot > diameter "circle") and count as many species seen or heard as possible in > the course of the day. This is a worldwide event and as of this posting > there are a number of Big Sit "circles" registered for this year's event! > > > > The Denver Field Ornithologists and Colorado Parks & Wildlife will once > again sponsor and I will host *"The Big Sit!" at Chatfield State Park > next Sunday,* *October 8th.* This will be the 18th year > (non-consecutive, due to covid) for this fun and frivolous event. It is > open to the public and EVERYONE is welcome! It will be held from dawn to > dusk, > come for an hour or stay all day, whatever works for your schedule. > > > > In addition to a day list, we will perform hourly counts so that every > hour there are "new" birds to be added to the hour's count. > > > > "The Big Sit!" at Chatfield will be located at the Heronry Overlook on the > east side of the reservoir. A park map is at the park entrance stations. > Come and help find a few birds! > > > > Bring your own chair or use the bench seating provided by the heronry > overlook deck. Bring binoculars, spotting scope (if you have), food, > water, treats to share or whatever you need to spend time birding! > > > > If you haven’t been to Chatfield this year, come and see the changes that > have happened due to all the rain we received this spring and summer! And, > as a bonus, help to spot some birds at the heronry overlook. > > > > So far, this year's weather looks to be quite nice! > > > > If you cannot attend "The Big Sit!" at Chatfield create your own! The > details and rules can be found at: https://www.thebigsit.org > > > > Hope to see you all there! > > > > Joey. > > > > Joey Kellner > > Littleton, Colorado > > > > Y > > (oo) > > ) ) _ > > ( ( ( '< > > ) ) // ) > > ( ( / "" > > ) ) > > ( ( > > v > > > > > > > > -- > -- > 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/006401d9f9d3%245086d690%24f19483b0%24%40comcast.net > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/006401d9f9d3%245086d690%24f19483b0%24%40comcast.net?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/CANESPG%3D%2B5ZEJMY87KKmKHTHUsd673Px-YkfGmh9E6g%2BnuB1hmA%40mail.gmail.com.
