Yet another inducement--as if you needed one--to head out tomorrow (Sunday) morning is that the International Space Shuttle will be visible in the late 4am hour. Here's how to spot it from Boulder County:
http://tinyurl.com/find-ISS-in-Boulder
Thanks to Bob Zilly for this tip. Speaking of Bob Zilly, he and I went out this morning to Ish Reservoir, Boulder County, where we looked for meteors and planets but mainly saw clouds and haze. At one point, though, a dazzling Perseid zoomed prematurely through the sky. A few Chipping Sparrows migrated over, and we did, eventually, see planets, Messier objects, and such.
Shorebird conditions remain excellent at Ish, yet shorebirds remain essentially non-existent. The water's gone back up at Jim Hamm (boo), but it's down a bit at Panama (yay), which had distant peeps.
Ted Floyd
tedfloyd57@hotmail.com
Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado
--If you're looking for the perfect excuse to witness the glorious midsummer night flight of Chipping Sparrows over Colorado's Front Range region, here ya go:Scroll down to "Saturday, August 3," although, as you can see from the text, they really mean "Sunday, August 4." Along with practically the whole solar system, you get a bunch of fantastic deep sky objects, readily viewed through decent binoculars. Plus sparrows migrating over. I can't imagine anything else I'd rather be doing at 4am Sunday morning! (Thanks to Bob Zilly for this tip.)Ted FloydLafayette, Boulder County, Colorado
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