PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Abstract

Greetings,

Our joint meeting with Colorado Field Ornithologists in Estes Park 26–28 June 1981 was a great success thanks to Jeanne Conry and Bruce Webb who organized the event. More than 100 participants from 13 states were there! The papers presented were excellent. They included:

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  Distribution and Status of the Boreal Owl in Western North America – Ronald Ryder and David Palmer

  
  


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  South Platte Vertebrate Community – Walter Graul

  
  


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  Reintroduction of Peregrine Falcons – Steve Sherrod

  
  


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  Blue Grouse Investigations in Colorado – Richard Hoffman

  
  


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  Patterns of Bird Distribution and Species Richness in Colorado – Douglas Inkley

  
  


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  Flight Identification of North American Accipiters and Common Buteos – William Clark

  
  


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  Identification of Longspurs – Timothy Manolis

  
  


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  An Introduction to the Pawnee National Grassland – Prairie Images and the Function of Song Flight in Lark Buntings – William Ervin

  
  

This fantastic evening presentation acquainted us with many moods of the prairie and the beautiful state bird of Colorado.