To promote the enjoyment,
conservation and understanding of birds, other wildlife and their habitats through birding, education, advocacy and fellowship.

Newsletter, December 2009 - February 2010, Vol 13, No. 2

 

Feb 12 - Great Backyard Bird Count - The next Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) takes place Friday, February 12 through Monday, February 15, 2010. The National Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology are calling on everyone to “Count for Fun, Count for the Future!” During last year’s count, participants turned in more than 93,600 checklists online, creating the continent's largest instantaneous snapshot of bird populations ever recorded. We hope you’ll join us and help spread the word, since the success of the count depends on people tallying birds from as many locations as possible across the continent. - Online information  http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/

Feb 16 - Lynn Wickersham / Breeding Bird Atlas - Lynn is the Project Coordinator for the second Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas.  This first atlas was done  in the 1980's, since then bird populations have expanded in many cases and contracted in others.  The Atlas Project is documenting the changes.  She will report on progress is the past three years of atlasing.  This work has been done entirely by local volunteers., many from the Roaring Fork Valley.

Apr 17 - Greater Prairie Chickens / Wray, Colorado - This tour is sponsored by the Colorado Division of Wildlife and the Wray Chamber of Commerce.  2010 price of $90 per person includs Saturday night steak dinner, the chicken - tour, and Sunday morning breakfast.  More information isavailable from the Wray Chamber of Commerce at wraychamber.net.  Space on the trip is limited.  Contact Tom McConnell