Hi Ira Thats a nice remembrance about Joe.
Cheers, Bob > On Dec 3, 2020, at 1:20 AM, cobirds@googlegroups.com wrote: > > cobirds@googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/cobirds/topics> > Google Groups > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > > Topic digest <> > View all topics > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/cobirds/topics> > Joe Roller sad news <x-msg://2/#group_thread_0> - 1 Update > Swan at Barr Lake, Adams County <x-msg://2/#group_thread_1> - 1 Update > Volunteers Needed for the Colorado Birding Trail <x-msg://2/#group_thread_2> > - 1 Update > Crowley County <x-msg://2/#group_thread_3> - 2 Updates > CFO Presents - Audubon's Christmas Bird Count in a Pandemic Dec. 5th > <x-msg://2/#group_thread_4> - 1 Update > Northern Parula in December <x-msg://2/#group_thread_5> - 5 Updates > Lesser Goldfinch + Rabbitbrush - Arapahoe <x-msg://2/#group_thread_6> - 1 > Update > Roller Services Link <x-msg://2/#group_thread_7> - 1 Update > <>Joe Roller sad news > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/8132fe694193b5a6?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Ira Sanders <zroadrunne...@gmail.com>: Dec 02 10:54PM -0700 > > On the afternoon of Friday, November 18, 2010, as I was driving Tammy to a > doctor's appointment for outpatient surgery, I got a call from Joe about a > rare bird that started something like "whatever you are doing, drop it and > get to Cherry Creek Res RIGHT NOW. Don't ask questions, just go." Joe was > always good about getting the word out on good birds but tended to get a > little worked up about the urgency of getting there when calling with the > news. I told him my situation and he said to "drop Tammy off at the > hospital, she won't mind and go back later and get her." He then told me > it was the Ross's Gull and I needed to get to Cherry Creek NOW. Being a > Dr., I'm sure he figured I didn't really need to be there for the surgery > and she'd understand. Very pragmatic. That was Joe. He then hung up and > I discussed the situation with Tammy who had heard the conversation. She > said I could drop her off as she knew how rare the gull is, but after a > moment's thought, I went to the hospital and stayed there with her. > The next day I got to Cherry Creek early and saw the gull and saw Joe and > thanked him. He said I took a chance on the bird still being there. I > said I know but added at least I was still married and avoided a fight. > Tammy got the bird on Monday. > > Ira Sanders > Golden, CO > > > > > -- > Ira Sanders > Golden, CO > "My mind is a raging torrent flooded with rivulets of thought cascading > into a waterfall of creative alternatives." > Back to top <x-msg://2/#digest_top> <>Swan at Barr Lake, Adams County > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/926a39f14c0b3949?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > "Johnson, Candice E., MD." <candice.john...@childrenscolorado.org>: Dec 03 > 02:07AM > > . > > Today Tim and I braved the 23 degree temperature & scoped Barr Lake at about > 8:30 am. Sorry for the late post. Near the flock of 45 Pelicans across the > lake to the west was a swan, swimming alone. It had a small yellow area on > its face in front of the eye, with a black bill, but U vs. V shape could not > be determined at this distance. Probably the yellow area makes it a Tundra > Swan, but I hope others can confirm this. Also of note were at least 24 Bald > Eagles, clustered near one another on the ice in the center. > > Candice Johnson, Denver > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail, including any attachments, is for the > sole use of Childrens Hospital Colorado and the intended recipient(s). It may > contain confidential and privileged information or may otherwise be protected > by law. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is > prohibited. 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Collins > Back to top <x-msg://2/#digest_top> <>Crowley County > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/cfca9eb9f932666?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Tom Wilberding <twilberd...@comcast.net>: Dec 02 04:59PM -0800 > > Hello birders, > > No rarities to report, but if you’re thinking of looking for birds near > Ordway, Sugar City, or Lake Meredith you might want to wait a while. > Crowley County is the worse county in the U.S. for the past week for > covid-19, per capita. Bent County also in the top ten. > > Tom Wilberding > Littleton, CO > Charlie Chase <charlesacha...@gmail.com>: Dec 02 06:20PM -0700 > > Puts the brakes on an Arkansas River valley trip. Thanks for the heads up > Tom. The RM Arsenal it is for the weekend. > > Charlie Chase > Denver > > > > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 5:59 PM Tom Wilberding <twilberd...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > Back to top <x-msg://2/#digest_top> <>CFO Presents - Audubon's Christmas Bird > Count in a Pandemic Dec. 5th > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/a134bce57c8e6af6?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Nicholas Komar <quetza...@comcast.net>: Dec 02 05:57PM -0700 > > Dear Birders, this Zoom meeting will be an opportunity for CBC compilers to > announce your plans/needs and for counters to ask questions about the status > of your favorite CBC this year. I encourage you all to pre-register so we > know how many of you to expect. Tune-in also for news from CFO. This event > will be recorded. > > Nick Komar, President > Colorado Field Ornithologists > > Begin forwarded message: > > Back to top <x-msg://2/#digest_top> <>Northern Parula in December > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/f7d0cbce353fe25f?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Brandon <flammow...@gmail.com>: Dec 02 02:03AM -0700 > > Pueblo County is up to 17 species of warblers now thst have been seen > during December to February. Pretty amazing total. Most have been since > the 1990s. > > Brandon K. Percival > Pueblo West, CO > > Sent from my Android > > Bryan Guarente <bryan.guare...@gmail.com>: Dec 02 07:57AM -0700 > > Gregg and others, > I would love to hear whether the Parula and Pine Warbler stuck around after > the cold frontal passage last night. I doubt the temperatures would be the > problem. The snow could cause food gathering issues. The winds are > appropriate for migration southward, but I don't know whether the "need" to > migrate is still there. Hormonally, There must be a point in every bird > that they don't feel like they need to migrate anymore. These birds will > be interesting case studies from both the perspective of Dave Leatherman > and from Bryan "Weatherman". Bad joke... moving on. > > Keep us informed. > > Thanks, > Bryan > > Bryan Guarente > Meteorologist/Instructional Designer > UCAR/The COMET Program > Boulder, CO > > > DAVID A LEATHERMAN <daleather...@msn.com>: Dec 02 09:49PM > > I almost responded to this issue yesterday when Gregg brought it up, and I > will now. > > Sub-freezing temperatures are rarely an issue for birds unless they are > extreme, take away the availability of free water or coincide with conditions > that got a bird's feathers wet. When feathers are dry the literature says > they can result in as much as an 80-degree difference in air temp compared to > that under the feathers next to the skin. In other words, it could be -20 > outside and 60 right next to the skin. That data comes from the famous > ecologist Ernst Mayer's work in Maine with thermistors and a golden-crowned > kinglet. Cute little birds get counted every year on the Nome, Alaska CBC. > Ducks move on not because the water is cold but because the surface freezes > and takes away their ability to tip or dive and obtain food. > > As Brian said, the biggest issue with birds and the onset of significantly > colder weather is generally decreased food availability (and the issue of > liquid water). A lot of the birds we get excited about seeing in early winter > are neotropical migrants that for whatever reason are still passing thru or > even lingering. These late insectivores still rely on insects, especially > insect types with chemistry that suppresses their freezing temperature > (usually involving glycols) and insect cadavers. Also, most neotropical > migrants also have dietary flexibility that allows exploiting fruits. and > when all else fails, can lower their standards and engage in desperate > measures like scavenging and stealing. Midges, such as what the Bay-breasted > Warbler at the Fountain sewage plant must be getting, or aphids and scales > (Tennessee, Black-throated Green, Pine, Northern Parula and Black-throated > Blue lately along the middle Front Range) make up the bulk of what cold > weather insectivores can still find and rely on. But we also have species of > grasshoppers that overwinter as adults, and even certain moths and > butterflies, flies, ichneumonid wasps, leafhoppers, etc. can be active in > temps as low as 45 degrees. Then there are always back-up foods like the > contents of galls, cocoons, spider webs and egg sacs, feeders with suet, etc. > Birds are simply amazing in coping, of course, within the limits all life > forms have. > > It was this time of year in 2013 when we had 10 species of warblers on the > Colorado RBA. One of them was a Northern Parula in Boulder that along with > the famous Bay-breasted and some yellow-rumps was sustaining itself on aphids > from one particular Austrian Pine. I took pics of it on 16November2013 but > believe it made it into early December. Apparently none of us entered this > individual into eBird if Gregg says there are no records from the Denver to > FC area for early December. That brings up another misconception, that being > the notion eBird is a complete record of all that is known. Far from it, but > I'll leave it at that. > > Anybody checking the Denver West Office Park? Interlocken? 28th e of Baseline > in Boulder? Bow Mar apartment complex in Littleton? Longmont neighborhood e > of Hover s of Nelson? No doubt many other aphid-scale-midge "food courts" > like the one Joey just found near Chatfield exist out there. > > Dave Leatherman > Fort Collins > ________________________________ > From: cobirds@googlegroups.com <cobirds@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Bryan > Guarente <bryan.guare...@gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 7:57 AM > To: Brandon <flammow...@gmail.com> > Cc: Cobirds <cobirds@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: [cobirds] Re: Northern Parula in December > > Gregg and others, > I would love to hear whether the Parula and Pine Warbler stuck around after > the cold frontal passage last night. I doubt the temperatures would be the > problem. The snow could cause food gathering issues. The winds are > appropriate for migration southward, but I don't know whether the "need" to > migrate is still there. Hormonally, There must be a point in every bird that > they don't feel like they need to migrate anymore. These birds will be > interesting case studies from both the perspective of Dave Leatherman and > from Bryan "Weatherman". Bad joke... moving on. > > Keep us informed. > > Thanks, > Bryan > > Bryan Guarente > Meteorologist/Instructional Designer > UCAR/The COMET Program > Boulder, CO > > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 2:04 AM Brandon > <flammow...@gmail.com<mailto:flammow...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Pueblo County is up to 17 species of warblers now thst have been seen during > December to February. Pretty amazing total. Most have been since the 1990s. > > Brandon K. Percival > Pueblo West, CO > > Sent from my Android > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2020, 6:44 PM Gregg Goodrich > <gregggoodr...@gmail.com<mailto:gregggoodr...@gmail.com>> wrote: > There are no previous December eBird records of Northern Parula in the > Denver/Fort Collins area until today December 1st, 2020. The Chatfield bird > was seen and photographed today. The Springs, Pueblo, Pitkin Cnty and > Garfield Cnty have had December records. It will get down to around 20 > degrees tonight with chance of snow. Wonder if it will be here tomorrow. > > Gregg Goodrich > Highlands Ranch > > > -- > 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 > cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAG23TouOeDfqfNrhx2PSTGama6pNU8sHDZSriitoOVsOi3CnWw%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAG23TouOeDfqfNrhx2PSTGama6pNU8sHDZSriitoOVsOi3CnWw%40mail.gmail.com><https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAG23TouOeDfqfNrhx2PSTGama6pNU8sHDZSriitoOVsOi3CnWw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAG23TouOeDfqfNrhx2PSTGama6pNU8sHDZSriitoOVsOi3CnWw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>>. > > -- > 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 > cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CA%2BXeEuUQdfwE_-4pqkvDiernAUVnN8Eu%3Dixp-FfH9ne3%3DEq7Eg%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CA%2BXeEuUQdfwE_-4pqkvDiernAUVnN8Eu%3Dixp-FfH9ne3%3DEq7Eg%40mail.gmail.com><https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CA%2BXeEuUQdfwE_-4pqkvDiernAUVnN8Eu%3Dixp-FfH9ne3%3DEq7Eg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CA%2BXeEuUQdfwE_-4pqkvDiernAUVnN8Eu%3Dixp-FfH9ne3%3DEq7Eg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>>. > > -- > 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 > cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAENnWHuPAALcEZwohrZXoHp3sXF14kHWRzKKz_Cyc%3D8SLed1eA%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAENnWHuPAALcEZwohrZXoHp3sXF14kHWRzKKz_Cyc%3D8SLed1eA%40mail.gmail.com><https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAENnWHuPAALcEZwohrZXoHp3sXF14kHWRzKKz_Cyc%3D8SLed1eA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAENnWHuPAALcEZwohrZXoHp3sXF14kHWRzKKz_Cyc%3D8SLed1eA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>>. > "jared.d...@gmail.com" <jared.delro...@gmail.com>: Dec 02 03:00PM -0800 > > Dave's post reminded me of an excellent book on this -- Bernd Heinrich's > *Winter > World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival*. The book is largely written about > northeastern species, but briefly addresses our poorwill's torpor. Heinrich > makes a star of Maine's Golden-crowned Kinglets in the book. > > Among the most memorable and darling cold weather behaviors of our metro > area birds has to be the lines of Bushtit that pack in together to stay > warm. I don't know if they're consistent with their poses -- but in most > lines (usually during cold, cold mornings) I see, the birds alternate: one > looking forward, one looking backward, one looking forward, etc. So it's > tail, head, tail, head facing you. Is it to keep an eye on all directions? > Balance? I have some photos of this, but the new Google groups interface > doesn't seem to allow embedded photos anymore... > > - Jared Del Rosso > Centennial, CO > > > > On Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 2:49:57 PM UTC-7 Dave Leatherman wrote: > > "Rolf Hertenstein, Lyons" <rfher...@gmail.com>: Dec 02 04:25PM -0800 > > Perhaps the alternating position maximizes body area in direct contact, > minimizing heat loss. Just a guess. > > Rolf Hertenstein, Lyons, Boulder County > > On Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 4:00:25 PM UTC-7 jared.d...@gmail.com > wrote: > > Back to top <x-msg://2/#digest_top> <>Lesser Goldfinch + Rabbitbrush - > Arapahoe > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/79635be43d72adf7?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > "jared.d...@gmail.com" <jared.delro...@gmail.com>: Dec 02 03:06PM -0800 > > Haven't birded much and have mostly been watching my Centennial (Arapahoe > Co.) yard. A trio of Lesser Goldfinches have been regular over the past > week or so. It's largely because I hung a thistle feeder this year. (I > don't usually.) But I've also seen the birds visiting the Green Rabbitbrush > bushes in the back of my yard. I didn't cut the stems and seeds down this > year. I'll pay for this next year with new seedlings. But for now, it's > nice to see the birds on plants and not just the feeders... > > Dark-eyed Juncos, meanwhile, seem to spend a lot of time on the ground near > Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, though I can't be sure they're going after its > seed, as there are also seedy sunflowers, flaxes, and penstemons nearby. > > - Jared Del Rosso > Centennial, CO > Back to top <x-msg://2/#digest_top> <>Roller Services Link > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/9b09c2d12dbf9a7e?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Larry Modesitt <larry.cor...@gmail.com>: Dec 02 10:53AM -0800 > > Cobirders, > > The mass for Joe Roller will be this Friday, December 4, at 10:00 a.m. > > Click the link below for the Good Shepherd website. 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