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Hmm...This is an interesting question...and one that takes some pondering... Most of my best "foul weather" birds have probably not even been observed in the US. One that sticks in my mind is Golden-crowned Spadebill in Costa Rica at Los Cusingos right before it absolutely dumped torrential rains. Another would be Snowcap and Black-crested Coquette in torrential rains that same trip a few days later at Rancho Naturalista. It rained so hard that we almost exclusively birded from the balcony at Rancho because the trails were too dangerous to be on. I haven't actually done any wonderous birding in miserable conditions in MN. At least not that I can immediately recall. It was cold 2 weeks ago for the Clark's Nutcracker, but I wouldn't call it horrendous. Maybe the King Eider in April a few years ago up in Duluth...but again, it was really only cold and drizzly..not horrible. Chris Fagyal Senior Software Engineer United Defense, L.P. ASD Fridley, MN (763) 572-5320 [email protected] >>> "Pastor Al" <[email protected]> 10/28/2004 07:15:35 AM >>> While preparing for our staff meeting, I find myself contemplating the pouring rain and the impact it will have on my birding later today. It's easy to simply cancel plans & wait for better weather - considering the impact on me, my optics and, supposedly, the birds. But wait a minute. Haven't some of the best birds come during inclement weather? Wasn't I being poured on while contemplating a state early Blackburnian Warbler in WI? Haven't some of the northern specialties come during less than ideal winter conditions? Haven't conditions been "cold as sin" while watching unique gulls along the Great Lakes? How about you? What have been some of your best foul weather (pun semi-intended) birds? Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties [email protected] --=_BA9A770B.C3A3D039 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; FONT: 8pt Tahoma; MARGIN-LEFT: 2px"> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT>Hmm...This is an interesting question...and one tha t takes some pondering...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Most of my best "foul weather" birds have probably not even been observ ed in the US. One that sticks in my mind is Golden-crowned Spadebill in C osta Rica at Los Cusingos right before it absolutely dumped torrential rains.&nbs p; Another would be Snowcap and Black-crested Coquette in torrential rains that same trip a few days later at Rancho Naturalista. It rained so hard th at we almost exclusively birded from the balcony at Rancho because the trails w ere too dangerous to be on.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I haven't actually done any wonderous birding in miserable conditions i n MN. At least not that I can immediately recall. It was cold 2 we eks ago for the Clark's Nutcracker, but I wouldn't call it horrendous. May be the King Eider in April a few years ago up in Duluth...but again, it was rea lly only cold and drizzly..not horrible.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Chris Fagyal<BR>Senior Software Engineer<BR>United Defense, L.P. ASD<BR>Fridley, MN <BR>(763) 572-5320<BR><A href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</A><BR><BR>>> ;> "Pastor Al" <[email protected]> 10/28/2004 07:15:35 AM >>><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>While preparing for our staff meeting, I find myself contemplating the pouring rain and the impact it will have on my bird ing later today. It's easy to simply cancel plans & wait for better weather - considering the impact on me, my optics and, supposedly, the birds.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But wait a minute. Haven't some of the be st birds come during inclement weather? Wasn't I being poured on while contemplating a state early Blackburnian Warbler in WI? Haven't s ome of the northern specialties come during less than ideal winter conditions?&n bsp; Haven't conditions been "cold as sin" while watching unique gulls along the Great Lakes?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How about you? What have been some of you r best foul weather (pun semi-intended) birds?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Al Schirmacher</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Princeton, MN</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties</FONT></DIV > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="mailto:[email protected]";>pasto...@princetonfreechurch. net</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> --=_BA9A770B.C3A3D039--
