SUMMER PROGRAMS AT EQUALIZER POND

Sponsored by
Fort Collins Audubon Society

Join us each month this summer and fall for a program and scope viewing of Equalizer Pond. On Thursday, May 27, at 6:00 p.m., the largest group ever gathered for a delightful show of birds—courting, nesting, and migrating.

Two Western Grebes performed their courting ritual of neck bobbing and then dancing across the water. We watched the female Osprey on the nest with the male standing guard on the perch. We spotted a Spotted Sandpiper, stopping to feed on his way to higher altitudes. Killdeer and swallows buzzed around and geese and ducks fed on the lake. A tern, either Forster’s or Common, flashed us overhead twice.

We invite you to join us for a summer adventure. Directions and list of the dates and times are below.

Dates and times:

Thursday, Jun 24, 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, Jul 29, 7:00 a.m.
Thursday, Aug 26, 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, Sep 16, 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, Oct 28, 8:00 a.m.

Directions:
Take exit 257B (Hwy 34) west to Loveland; turn north at first signal (Rocky Mountain Avenue); continue north around four roundabouts (Medical Center of the Rockies will be on your right); turn left into the Rangeview Office Building complex; park in the lot by the building to the far right of the development; program will meet on the platform on the lake. Call Joann Thomas 970-482-7125 (home) or 970-222-0741 (cell) for more information.