PPS- I should have read the directions a little morel closely- I would say I
fall into the obsessed category- I keep 10-15 feeders active, depending upon
the season, and have a semi-wild area on my back hill, as I live in a little
valley and the upper back yard areas on the street are not developed, which
gives me about an eighth of an acre of mixed trees and brush.
Whew. I think that's all!
Norm
On Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 08:33:54 AM MDT, Thomas Heinrich
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi all,Another quick update on the lists. In addition to the 350 species on
Google list that Bryan has set up, I have another 26 species from birders who
have sent lists directly to me.
So the current total # of species: 376
Getting close to 400!
I hope to have the list I'm compiling wrapped up this weekend and off to Bryan
to merge with his Google sheet. The list will include names and counties.
Please let me know if you would prefer to remain anonymous. Also, if there is a
particular species (or couple of species) that you ticked off on Bryan's list
that you would like to have your name next to on the new list, please let me
know. I'll be attempting to include all who have contributed to the list in an
equitable way.
Thanks again to all who have shared and contributed,
Thomas
On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:40 AM Thomas Heinrich <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi all,
Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity or
new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local
trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really impressive
(e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's).
Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher,
Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as
rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the recent
Brambling, too?)
As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready when
outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others'
experience with yard-listing.
How long have you been keeping your list?What's your style of yard listing:
casual, mainly feeder watching, moderate, dedicated, obsessed?How many species?
Rarest, or favorite species?Most memorable experience?Location/habitat: urban,
suburban, rural, etc?
And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to
Colorado's 520 species could we get?
It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented;
shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods lining
bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, Jackson
Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of those species
theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe some lucky person
living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, Slaty-backed Gull,
and Garganey on their yard list!
Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration!
--Thomas Heinrich
My answers to the questions above:15 yearsDedicated to obsessive 152
speciesWood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll,
Bohemian WaxwingWatching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35
Broad-winged Hawks among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day
(4/18/2020)Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el.
5600'
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Thomas Heinrich
Boulder, CO
[email protected]
www.pbase.com/birdercellist
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