Re: [cobirds] Will tomorrow still be a great morning to get out as predicted?

Hello, Birders.

My experiences in Lafayette, eastern Boulder County, today, Thursday, Sept. 11, were more or less aligned with those reported by others. Basically, the birds around my local patch, Greenlee Preserve, seemed about the same as in recent days, with Orange-crowned and especially Wilson's warblers dominating. I heard a Northern Waterthrush at the preserve; it was in exactly the same location as where I found one on Saturday, Sept. 6, so I think it may have been the same individual.

Ironically, in light of the heavy night calling reported earlier on the night of Sept. 10-11, I heard *nothing* from 4am onward. It's the first time this year since before July 18 that I heard no night flight calls at all. The conditions sure seemed perfect, what with the light north wind and low cloud ceiling--not to mention what Bryan Guarente was hearing just ~10 miles north of me a few hours earlier. The equations of Einstein's theory of general relativity are easy compared to predicting migration!

I applaud Bryan for encouraging us to get out there and try to figure out what's going on with weather and migration.

Oh, and I'll be out there again in a few hours... :-)

Ted Floyd

Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado

On Thursday, September 11, 2014 1:28:42 PM UTC-6, Nick Komar wrote:

In answer to Bryan's request for reports from the field, visits to several locations in Fort Collins/Wellington area of north-central Colorado (eastern Larimer County) both yesterday and today suggest that there was very little turnover in birds present. Most of the birding both mornings was at Cobb Lake SWA in Wellington. Very birdy, but essentially the same birds both mornings.

Bryan, did the expected weather pattern change? Or does your prediction model need tweaking?

Nick Komar

Fort Collins CO

On Sep 10, 2014, at 9:09 PM, Bryan Guarente ...[snip]...

Let the list know how your ventures go tomorrow and how that relates to today or yesterday.

Bryan Guarente

Instructional Designer/Meteorologist

UCAR/The COMET Program

Boulder, CO

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