In case anyone has interest in this,

‘tis a beautiful best kept secret part of Colorado………. =)

Larry

From: Colorado Crane Conservation Coalition [mailto:coloradocranes=coloradocranes.net@mail122.wdc01.mcdlv.net] On Behalf Of Colorado Crane Conservation Coalition
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2018 12:00 PM
To: larnold47@cableone.net
Subject: Yampa Valley Crane Festival Registration

Dear Crane Supporter,

Registration for the 2018 Yampa Valley Crane Festival (August 30 – September 2) begins Sunday, July 1 at 8 a.m. MDT. To register and view the full festival schedule, go to www.coloradocranes.org.

Many events for the four-day festival are free and do not require registration. Some events with limited space will require advance registration and a fee. These events are noted in the schedule. Be sure to register early as we expect these events to fill quickly.

Registration is not required for all speaker presentations, films, sketch-a-bird workshop, crane viewing on your own, HawkQuest raptor booth, educational displays, crane yoga, crane story-telling, children activities on the Library Lawn, big sit and nature walk at Yampa River Botanic Park and the Carpenter Ranch Saturday night event (unless you wish to purchase a picnic dinner or take the shuttle).

Registration is required for all guided crane viewing shuttles, birding by boat, guided bird walks, nature-writing workshop, guided nature walk and gondola ride on the Steamboat Ski Mountain, guided “crane and critter” walking tour, HawkQuest live raptor photo shoot, shuttles to the Carpenter Ranch and purchase of a picnic dinner at the Carpenter Ranch event.

Colorado Crane Conservation Coalition, Inc. (CCCC), presenter of the annual Yampa Valley Crane Festival, is dedicated to the conservation and protection of Greater Sandhill Cranes and their habitat in Colorado. When you visit our website www.coloradocranes.org please consider a tax-deductible donation to help fund the annual festival and our on-going educational and conservation programs.

For questions regarding CCCC, festival registration, festival lodging, or the festival itself email us at coloradocranes@gmail.com.

We look forward to seeing you at this year’s festival.

Sincerely,
Nancy Merrill, President
Colorado Crane Conservation Coalition, Inc.

Mailing Address: 40625 CR 69A Hayden, CO 81639
Phone: 970-276-1933
Email: coloradocranes@gmail.com

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RL Rowland just called and said that the Indigo Bunting is still present on the Kingfisher Trail near mile marker 1.4 near a survey monument sign.

Here’s a recent checklist for reference: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46530522
Jason Talbot  jasonbackcountry.com

Albinism would have a complete lack of pigment and color.

This is a domestic mallard variety. It may be a cross between a wild bird and a Kakhi Campbell. It could very well be one that was purchased as a duckling for the kids and then dumped when it grew up and became a nuisance.

Ken Miracle
chukar28@icloud.com
208-908-9493
“Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” 2COR 3:5

> On Jun 29, 2018, at 8:02 AM, Judie jachkr@gmail.com [ible] wrote:
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> This is my first attempt to post on this site, so if I am inappropriate, please let me know. We have a “white” mallard in our area. Am wondering how to know if it is albino or Leucistic. These are some pictures of it. I do have more. Thanks for your help
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This is my first attempt to post on this site, so if I am inappropriate, please let me know. We have a “white” mallard in our area. Am wondering how to know if it is albino or Leucistic. These are some pictures of it. I do have more. Thanks for your help

Judie

Thanks Brian for the insights
The poaching threat, as serious as it is for birds on public lands in SW Idaho (People Keep Shooting Long-Billed Curlews in Southwest Idaho), does seem to be relatively localized and I’m sure other issues are at play elsewhere.  And, to your point, some of the best current populations of curlews – both in terms of abundance and reproductive success – we’ve studied in recent years are on private lands with flood irrigation (or at least sub-irrigated meadows), including sites in eastern Idaho and western Wyoming.

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As you said, center pivots and other forms of sprinkler irrigation use less water and require less labor.  But, there are other factors worth considering in the “conservation equation”, including impacts on aquifers as well as what kind of habitat these agricultural areas provide.  Flood irrigation, though water & labor-intensive, provides a pretty good substitute for seasonally flooded wetlands and also allows for aquifer recharge.  To that end, many organizations in the state – including members of the Idaho Bird Conservation Partnership – have dedicated energy & effort in recent years to the goal of maintaining flood irrigation in at least some valley areas that are within natural floodplains.  This is especially so in eastern Idaho where White-faced Ibis and other birds that breed at Market Lake and Mud Lake WMAs and feed extensively in nearby flood-irrigated fields … but there’s a very rapid turnover to center pivot in the area which could end up severely reducing important foraging habitat for colonially-nesting waterbirds as well as migratory waterfowl & shorebirds that pass through.
Thanks for chiming in and I hope this adds a little more to your “food for thought” 🙂

Jay
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Jay Carlisle
Research Director, Intermountain Bird Observatory
Associate Research Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Boise State University
Coordinator, Idaho Bird Conservation Partnership, IBCP on Facebook

On Monday, June 25, 2018, 7:22:14 PM MDT, lcarrigan_55@yahoo.com [ible] wrote:

 
Recently, I’ve read sev articles about Long-billed Curlew numbers dropping in S ID & a disturbing reason for the decline. It appears that poaching, specifically “target shooting” is a major factor. The LB Curlew is federally protected by the Migratory Bird Act but that, obviously, doesn’t deter everybody. As unconscionable as “thrill-killing” such a magnificent bird is, I would also like to raise the discussion of, perhaps, another factor playing a role in lower Curlew numbers.

30 years ago in SE ID, LB Curlews were fairly common in most irrigated fields, particularly pastures. But, about a decade ago, I started seeing fewer & fewer. To the point now, at least in my area, Curlews have become rare. I think the switch from flood irrigation to sprinkler irrigation is a factor in the decrease. Certainly, sprinkler irrigation conserves water & is less labor intensive but the flooded fields with standing water have virtually disappeared. And with the disappearance of soaking wet, short grass pasture fields, appears the Curlews have moved on. I’m not advocating a return to flood irrigation, but I believe the change has made a difference. Food for thought. I’d be interested in what others may think.

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot