Thanks, Bryan, for setting up a google sheet for all to access and contribute to! And thanks for sharing your amazing sighting from your yard. I was aware of the Anhinga, but not the others.
-- I've been compiling results on an Excel spreadsheet as lists come in from around the state, including names and locations (town, and county), and in some cases with rarer species keeping track of how many sightings there are.
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I'm still interested in receiving birders' lists directly to include the other stats, if you'd like to share those with me.
As of now, the list I have is at 264 species, and probably soon to be close to 300 once I add some species from lists I received in the last day or so.
It's been exciting to see this develop over the last few days. Still hoping to hear from Ted Floyd, Duane Nelson, and some listers down south, --nudge, nudge-- :-)
All the best,
Thomas
On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 8:46 AM Bryan Guarente <bryan.guarente@gmail.com> wrote:
If anyone wants to put their species into a shared Google Sheet using the CFO list of accepted species, feel free to go check off the ones you have seen in your yard here:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OTEqQswiC_DjCkPZblkX36GS1cA0GdPVND8osM1Gkuo/edit?usp=sharing (Honor system please... only check birds that you have seen in your yard and don't uncheck other folks checks).To join in on the conversation for my own yard:How long have you been keeping your list?Been keeping a yard list since 2000, but I have moved multiple times and thus have to change my yard list to another location. Current run is 15 years.What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, moderate, dedicated, obsessed?Dedicated to obsessedHow many species?121Rarest species?Upland Sandpiper calling flying over my house at 11pmAnhinga circling for multiple minutes with good binocular viewsWhite-faced Ibises flying over at 10pmPurple Finch (shared with many observers)Chestnut-sided Warbler took up residence for a bit of a summerMountain Chickadees are nice this far away from the FoothillsClay-colored and Brewer's Sparrows during Spring snowstormsFavorite species?Swainson's Hawks that nest nearby and hunt snakes in our backyardGreat Horned Owls hunting for those same snakesMost memorable experience?Definitely the Upland Sandpiper... totally unexpected and wasn't particularly "birding" at 11pmLocation/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc?Suburban Longmont in the flyway between McIntosh Lake and Union ReservoirHope others continue this thread. It is fascinating! Thanks Thomas for starting it.Thanks,BryanBryan GuarenteMeteorologist/Instructional DesignerUCAR/The COMET ProgramBoulder, CO--On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 7:37 AM Susanna Donato <susanna.donato@gmail.com> wrote:What a fun thread! I am in the heart of urban Denver and have had feeders up/been birding for only a couple of years. My yard total is just 39 species. We have a National Wildlife Federation-certified yard (just for fun) with some fruiting trees and lots of brush and piles of junk, but also very diligent squirrels and two terrier-type dogs to frustrate matters. I watch daily but distractedly.Most notable for me have been a close encounter with a Black-Chinned Hummingbird that hovered within a few feet for a minute or two as I ate my breakfast/birded one morning, a Sharp-Shinned Hawk in my cherry tree and on the fence just outside my window and diving into the cotoneaster frequented by a flock of house sparrows (verified by Dick Anderson, a far more veteran birder), and the white-crowned sparrows that lived in our yard or nearby last winter.Favorites include the Spotted Towhees that have lived in our yard the last two years and raised two young that I watched grow up at close range, ten feet outside my office window. Last summer we had Swainson's Hawks growing up in the neighborhood, which was neat to see. A Bald Eagle supposedly nests somewhere on the street behind mine, and a couple of months ago, I heard it but did not see it -- I gave up obsessively looking for it for my own sanity but still hold out hope. :)--On Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at 4:51:44 PM UTC-6 Sarah Behunek wrote:Yes, very fun discussion and thanks for sharing!
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