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What city/state are you from?: Nunn, Colorado

Gender: Male

Favorite Colorado Bird?: Burrowing Owl

National Audubon Society member?: No

Favorite Colorado Birding Location?: Pawnee National Grasslands

Do you know about the Colorado Birding Trail project?: Yes

Age Group?: 46-55

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The sequence of discovery is simple in nature

Kevin J. Cook -- May 25, 2008
The Coloradoan (Fort Collins)

To learn. To see. To hear. To smell. To experience. To know.

This sequence brings life from the darkness of anonymity into the lightness of understanding. It is a sequence that draws you into the richness of life and living.

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Posted on May 30, 2008 at 1:29pm —

Bird Banter by Barb Gorges (Sage-grouse geology: find grouse, find oil)

This edition of Bird Banter, "How to get energy and save our sage grouse," appeared Apr. 2, 2008 in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle's Outdoors section. Please contact the author, bgorges4@msn.com, for permission to reprint it in hard copy or virtual copy for commercial or nonprofit purposes. Thanks.

Sage-grouse geology: find grouse, find oil. By Barb Gorges

Is geology destiny? Geology is rocks. A particular weathered rock makes a particular kind of soil which, with water, grows particular vegetation… Continue

Posted on April 12, 2008 at 8:08am —

This Season's for the Birds/Greeley Tribune

April 4, 2008
By Dan England, dengland@greeleytribune.com

Gary Lefko doesn't rely on a radio station, books on tape or trying to find a license plate from all 50 states to keep him entertained during his morning commute.

He just watches for birds.

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The web article doesn't include the great color and phots as does the print article. I've asked Dan about getting PDF of the color story so I can post… Continue

Posted on April 6, 2008 at 10:00am —

THE VIRGINIA RAIL (BIRDS OF NANTUCKET)

by Kenneth Turner Blackshaw

How many of you are thinking about a dance instead of a bird? Almost makes you wonder if the namers were being witty when they named it. Even more so when you find the name is not a good one. It turns out that Virginia is one of the more difficult spots to find this bird.

What you are thinking of is the "Virginia Reel," one of the oldest dances in the New World, the details of which were first published in England in 1685 by Sir Roger De Coverly. Okay, that's sorted… Continue

Posted on March 29, 2008 at 7:04am —

ARE BIRDERS GULLIBLE? (BIRDS OF NANTUCKET)

by Kenneth Turner Blackshaw
Well, they should be, at least if they find themselves near any large body of water. You can't be outside on Nantucket more than a moment or two during daylight hours without having a gull in your life. Beginning bird watchers learn to look at every one, just to be sure it's 'just' a gull.

When birders come to the island for the first time their eyes are forever aloft. If you see a soaring bird on the mainland it is most likely a hawk and something special to be obse… Continue

Posted on March 29, 2008 at 7:02am —

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At 4:26pm on July 3, 2009, roksanne2000 said…: thank you.. my mother was saying it was a mocking bird... so i tried to google it.. and it didn't come up... so i joined this.. thinking someone might know.

At 2:29pm on June 11, 2009, John Hindley said…: Thanks Gary!

At 3:33pm on May 25, 2009, A.J. Gest said…: Gary, Thanks for the welcome. Long time amateur birder but never participated in any type of group activities. Looking forward to watching the season develope. A.J.

At 3:41pm on May 17, 2009, Mark Lundin said…: Thanks Gary. I'm an beginning birder so please bear with me. I feed niger in the feeders. I took the feeders down last winter when the birds disappeared. I filled it and put it out this spring but so far they have not returned. Someone suggested that the seed was bad but I don't believe that. I just don't know.

At 6:09am on May 13, 2009, Kenneth Mausolf said…: Hi Gary, this is a very nice site that you created, I know that I will enjoy sharing of the intrest and love of our feathered friends. Thanks Kenneth Mausolf

At 6:41pm on May 10, 2009, Fred J. Lord said…: Gary:
Thank you for the kind reply. We'll, hopefully, make good use of the tips you've supplied. We're very much looking forward to checking out your neighborhood. Would you give your permission to use the information below to pursue some Burrowing Owl photography with the Davises?

I'm devouring your tips now and may get back to you later for updates.

Thank and best regards,
Fred Lord

At 9:34am on May 6, 2009, Robin Davis said…: Hi Gary,

I guess I had missed that this was created by someone from Nunn. We've been here for 3 years now and when I first moved out here I was disappointed in what I had originally thought was a lack of variety of songbirds, even though we do LOVE the number of raptors. Now I am noticing more and more songbirds. We had moved from Masonville and the variety up there was incredible.

Our burrowing owl friends are some of my favorite out here. As Linda said, come on out anytime. I am generally with the horses and the owls keep me entertained. Last year a youngster hovered about 3 feet over my head as I looked up at it and it looked down at me for enough time for me to be in total awe.

Off to do horses. Blessings,
Robin

At 1:07pm on May 3, 2009, Linda Turner said…: To find the owls, don't go up the hill to the house but enter at the lower gate entrance for the barns and arena. Walk in past (around) the green horse buildings - to the west. There are at least two pair you'll spot right away. Robin is almost always out working horses or giving lessons so introduce yourself and she'll point the way. Maybe she can describe the odd sounding water birds that landed on their ponds last week and you can guess what they were.

At 9:12am on May 3, 2009, Linda Turner said…: My friends are Jay and Robin Davis and their place is called Mustang Hollow (http://www.mustanghollow.com/) at 51229 Weld County Rd 21. They have several families of Burrowing Owls that are a "hoot" to watch. I was just out there on April 30th. Since the vegetation hasn't come up yet, the owl were very noticeable. I had to think, if any birders wanted to see burrowing owl, this was the place to come - they are always there! Blue birds just passed through the week before. They often have a few migrating water fowl land on their ponds so that is a hit-or-miss treat to watch for whenever I go out to ride my horse. AND this is the time we find baby shorthorned lizards (horny toads). Colorado Plains are such a treat!