Hello, Birders.
Earlier this week I received in the mail vol. 48, no. 1 (Winter 2014) of COLORADO BIRDS, the quarterly journal of Colorado Field Ornithologists. It's wonderful! Let's take a look:
* Front cover. A frame-filler Hoary Redpoll by Bill Schmoker. Beautiful! The photo, that is... ;-)
* Back cover. Immature Broad-winged and Red-shouldered hawks by Glenn Walbek and Tony Leukering. Which brings us to...
* In the Scope, pp. 78-80. An article by Tony Leukering on separating juvenile Broad-winged and Red-shouldered hawks, definitely an ID conundrum for us in Colorado. Tony is a nationally renowned expert on bird ID and distribution, and it's awesome that he contributes regularly to Colorado Birds.
* Caterpillar Tricks, Part 2, pp. 72-77. In the first eight words of this article by the incomparable Dave Leatherman, we encounter the words "eggplant, "India," "Pale," and "Ale." The last six words of the article are "Like frass and copulation, trickery happens." If you miss this article, your life is woefully incomplete.
* Birding on the Dark Side, pp. 65-71, by Yours Truly. The summer doldrums in the dead of night...It's an excellent time to go birding! I heard owls, sandpipers, sparrows, thrushes, and more. The astronomy and human companions were splendid too.
* "A Century of Waterbird Population Trends in Boulder County, Colorado," pp. 11-41. In this major research paper, Jameson F. Chace and coauthors document human impacts on ducks, cormorants, grebes, coots, and even Willow Flycatchers.
And much more: a book review by Bob Righter; Mike Henwood's thorough summary of June-July 2013 bird records for Colorado; an essay, also by Mike Henwood, on the famous Brambling of November 2012; trip announcements and trip reports; CFO business and a message from CFO President Bill Kaempfer; and even photos and bios of all the authors.
I'm grateful to Editor Peter Burke for this educational and fun issue of Colorado Birds.
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Ted Floyd
Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado
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