[cobirds] Re: Memories of the June CFO Convention in and near Salida, Colorado

This is fun! Thanks, Joe. For me, five pleasant experiences stand out. I'll be brief:

1. On the Friday night "Stars & Snipes" outing, fireflies! I wasn't aware that they occur in Colorado above 7,000 ft. 

2. On the cold, windy, drizzly trip to High Creek Fen, a Sage Thrasher singing wildly. Nobody ate the death camas.

3. Four Black-throated Gray Warblers and an exuberant Juniper Titmouse in the parking area at Big Sandy Draw.

4. In the "magic spruce tree" in Centennial Park, with the Slackers in the rain, Evening Grosbeaks, Pine Siskins, a Western Tanager, a Mountain Chickadee or two, Red Crossbills galore, and an amped-up Ruby-crowned Kinglet.

5. The banquet. Great food, great speaker, great venue.

Oh, and I must add:

6. The excellent presentations in the science session.

On the way back home, Hannah Floyd and Andrew Floyd and I got seriously offtrack (can you say Eagle County?), and saw a Bonaparte's Gull (photo: http://tinyurl.com/BoGu-2015-06-07a) and other birds at Dillon Reservoir, Summit County.

Ted Floyd

Lafayette, Boulder County

On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 1:38:37 PM UTC-6, Joe Roller wrote:

Of the many pleasant experiences I had at the convention, one stands out.

American Bitterns (Botaurus lentiginosis) put on quite a show at Russell Lakes SWA (Saguache County), destination of a daily field trip.

I heard that on the Friday participants saw several bitterns well, including a pair copulating.

As Joe Himmel would have said, "Soon there will be little Bitts."

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