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From: edm@verdix.com (Ed Matthews)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Denver/Boulder Colorado Birding
Message-ID: <1991Mar11.123732.6308@verdix.com>
Date: 11 Mar 91 12:37:32 GMT
Organization: Verdix Corp.
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I'm going to be heading to Denver/Boulder this weekend, March 16 and 17,
and am going to be searching for Colorado specialties, esp. White-Tailed
Ptarmigan.  This will be my first birding opportunity west of the 
Mississippi River, so I'm fairly confident of getting many lifers.

I have both the Lane's Guide and the Birding Guide to the Denver-Boulder
Region (by Folzenlogen), thanks to ABA sales, and both of these make little
mention of snow conditions and roads being open or closed.  Can anyone fill
me in on the likely conditions this coming weekend?

Also, can anyone make a recommendation where to find American Dippers this
time of year?  I remember fondly the hours I spent sitting by a creek in
Killarney, Ireland watching their European counterparts.

I'll have Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday to bird: any local birders
want to get cold with me?

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Ed Matthews                                                edm@verdix.com
Verdix Corporation Headquarters                            (703) 378-7600
Chantilly, Virginia