Re: [cobirds] county listing--a few changes

Thanks for bringing this up, Joe. I was going to mention the very issue you touch on, but I neglected to do so. We can now count for our Colorado lists all birds seen in and around Cheyenne, Wyoming (Wyoming Hereford Ranch, both Hereford reservoirs, Lions Park, etc.); and the CFO County Committee is thinking of extending this coverage north along I-25 to Casper, west along I-80 to Laramie, and east along I-80 to the Nebraska Line--and, then, what the heck, out to Lake McConaughy, just as you say.

As to which Colorado county this all applies to, it is felt by the CFO County Committee that these birds are best claimed on Boulder County lists.

The committee is also thinking of ceding Chico Basin Ranch and Pueblo Reservoir to Kansas . . .

Thanks, --Ted Floyd, Boulder County

On Friday, April 1, 2016 at 9:46:04 AM UTC-6, Joe Roller wrote:

Kudos to the Committee!

It's about time the CFO County Committee caught up with what birders have actually been doing all these years.

For example, when I go to Weld County, the Chalk Bluffs in southern Wyoming are SO close,

that I routinely add birds there to my Weld County list.

As for Yuma County, growth in that list has been stymied by the rude draining of Bonny Reservoir! The nerve of them!

But just downstream lie the very wet Hale Ponds. After I bird that area, it's so easy to meander downstream a bit,

say for 5 or 10 miles, adding Yuma County birds until I am SURE that I have entered our friendly neighbor the east,

the Sunflower State.

As for Archuleta County, I have seen a lot of birds on Navajo Reservoir. It's all one lake, right, so who 

notices that it dips a few yards into northern New Mexico?

Now some birders take this idea too far, counting birds seen at Lake McConaughy in nearby Nebraska

for their Sedgwick County list. I consider that cheating, but "hey" it's their list.

Joe Roller, Denver

Buffing up my Colorado County bird lists at every legitimate opportunity.

I love early April. It's the one chance all year to tell the Truth!

On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 6:46 AM, snowy.owlets <snowy....@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all, 

To be fair, you should be able to count anything west of Cameron Pass in Moffat county if that's where your list is... :) Welcome to April already. 

Mark Miller 

Longmont, CO 

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