Everyone is Welcome!
You need not be a member. For most trips, bring your binoculars, field guides, water, snacks and a lunch. Also be sure to dress for changing weather. Please contact the trip leader (s) at least three days in advance if you would like to participate in an RFAS field trip. Contact the trip leader on bad weather days for cancellations. Please leave your dog at home, birding locations are not suitable for dogs. If you have questions regarding a trip of need additional information, or would like to lead a field trip/hike, please contact one of the field trip committee.
Please be prepared to drive for field trips - we always carpool. This means having your car filled with gas and ready to go!
Upcoming Field Trips
April 5 – Hart's Basin and Fruitgrower's Reservoir - Join us on an April 5th field trip to Hart’s Basin near Cedaredge. We should see shore birds, waterfowl, and sandhill cranes as well as a number of neo-tropical migrants. We’ll meet at 7:00AM at the CMC’s Lapala campus in Carbondale. Please let trip leader Linda Vidal birder@sopris.net know if you plan to join us or at 704-9950. Bring lunch and water and clothing for all weather.
April 19 – Birding in the Roaring Fork Valley – Spring migrants on the move and warmer weather bring out the birds and the birders. Contact Tom McConnell
May 10– Spring Bird Count – Again we will spread out in the field to census the birds in our area. We typically find over one hundred species on the spring count. Contact Dave Clark
June 7 -"In Jack's Footsteps"-Join our leaders, long time Eagle County birders. Anne Esson and Pat Hammon, and friends of Jack Merchant's to bird some of his favorite places looking for raptor nesting sites along Brush Creek Rd. and Hardscrabble Rd. Rugged trail descent of 1 mile. Meet to carpool, we'll need 4 wheel drives at the Eagle Rest Area at 7:45am. Bring water, snacks raingear and good walking shoes. Contact: Linda Vidal
June 21 - Spring Park Reservoir & Basalt Mountain - On past trips here we have seen Band-tailed Pigeon, Lewis's Woodpecker, Purple Martin, and many other species. Contact Linda Vidal or Tom McConnell
August 9 - Hart's Basin/Friutgrower's Reservoir on the Grand Mesa - Contact Linda Vidal