[cobirds] Re: migrants arriving to late leaf out

2013-05-15 Thread Norm Erthal
Dave’s information is interesting in how typical it is for us to discount previous events when we discuss current events. An important fact to also note is the mention of the use of a 30 year average of the temperatures in the evaluation. This lessens the actual change in this year’s

Re: [cobirds] Re: migrants arriving to late leaf out

2013-05-15 Thread Larry Modesitt
Message- From: Norm Erthal nert...@comcast.net To: cobirds cobirds@googlegroups.com Sent: Wed, May 15, 2013 7:11 am Subject: [cobirds] Re: migrants arriving to late leaf out Dave’s information is interesting in how typical it is for us to discount previous events when we discuss current events

[cobirds] Re: migrants arriving to late leaf out

2013-05-15 Thread Norm Erthal
Larry raises a good question about ocean temperatures. I do not have an answer for that. Another area where there is a much shorter period of data is Arctic sea ice extent. The data only extends to 1979. This is because the use of satellites in gathering the data. The years from 2007 through

[cobirds] Re: migrants arriving to late leaf out

2013-05-14 Thread Scott E. Severs
Sorry everyone - I forgot to say I was in St. Vrain State Park. --Scott Scott E. Severs Longmont, CO On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Scott E. Severs scottesev...@gmail.comwrote: During survey work this AM I was struck by the state of slow leaf out in the cottonwoods. It made for amazing