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Recent and Upcoming
Activities for 2010
See the Ptarmigan
for more details.

January 2010
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January 27 (Wednesday). Field
Trip. Denver Museum Day Trip Plus A Tour Of The Bird Collections. Leader:
Eric DeFonso, yoericd@yahoo.com
or call 472-1761. Meet at the Transportation Center parking lot just
west of the Harmony Rd/I-25 interchange for a planned 8:30 a.m.
departure, returning around 4 p.m. Museum admission is $11 for
adults, $6 for students and seniors 65+. We'll carpool to Denver and
spend a day at one of the finest natural history museums in the
country, with a special bonus: a rare hour-long guided tour of the
bird specimen collections! These are specimens collected in Colorado
and beyond that are used to scientifically document the composition,
distribution, and ecology of birds world-wide. Bring a lunch or buy
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February 2010
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February 4 (Thursday). Board
Meeting. 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Monthly Board Meeting to be held at the National Seed Storage Lab,
1111 S. Mason St. (map).
Read minutes of
past board meetings |
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February 6 (Saturday). Field Trip.
Boulder Area Birding. Leader: Walter Szeliga. Join
Walter Szeliga for a leisurely morning of birding around Boulder
County. We'll go where the birds are! Meet at Walden Ponds, and
we'll go from there. If there is open water on the reservoirs, we'll
check it out. If not, we'll bird the foothills, feeders, and
riparian strips. Dress for the weather, expect to do some
carpooling, and get ready for lots of fun. RSVP not required, but
welcomed: contact Walter Szeliga by e-mail for meet details:
Walter.Szeliga@colorado.edu. |
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February 11 (Thursday). Program.
7:00 p.m. Columbine Room, Fort Collins Lincoln Center, 417 W.
Magnolia (maps).
Co-meeting with Northern Colorado Native Plant Society— The
Buzz on Colorado Bees. Have questions, concerns about,
or encouragement for the bees in your yard? Whitney Cranshaw,
entomologist and professor with Colorado State University, will make
an informative overview presentation on Colorado bees (and some
wasps) at the co-sponsored meeting of the FCAS and the Northern
Colorado Native Plant Society on Thursday, February 11. Primary
topics covered will include bee recognition, life history, and
habits. Learn steps that can be taken to encourage and conserve some
bee species. Informal discussion is invited! Whitney also has
authored several books and will have available for sale two of his
books: Garden Insects of North America ($25) and Guide to Colorado
Insects ($15). Before the evening presentation, Buzz on Colorado
Bees, Douglas Kibbe, Region 15 Coordinator for the Colorado Breeding
Bird Atlas II, will give a brief Power-Point update on the status of
the Project in 2009. |
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February 12-15
(Friday-Monday). Great Backyard Bird Count.
Connie Kogler reminds us that the 13th Annual Great Backyard Bird
Count, co-sponsored by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National
Audubon Society, takes place February 12-15. Individuals, families,
schools, and organizations are asked to count birds at birdfeeders,
in backyards, at local parks, or in other locations. Report your
tallies either online through the Bird-Source Web site,
http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc, or go to
www.wbu.com/fortcollins
and download the count list, manually fill it out, then bring it to
Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Shop, 3636 S. College. The data will be
entered and you will receive a free bag of seed! |
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February 14 (Sunday). Bobcat
Ridge Natural Area Bird Survey. 7:00 am.
Meet at 7:00 a.m. FCAS performs a monthly bird census for the city of Fort
Collins. All levels welcomed and encouraged! Leader: Denise Bretting
(dbretting@swloveland.com,
work: 669-1185, or home: 669-8095). |
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February 14 (Sunday). Field
Trip.
Small Nocturnal Montane Winter Owls. Leader: Nick Komar. Co-leader:
Eric DeFonso, yoericd@yahoo.com
or 970-472-1761. (Note: This trip is scheduled during President's
Day weekend.) Join us as we head out into the winter night to find
northern saw-whet owls in Rist Canyon and boreal owls at Cameron
Pass. Both species begin their courtship calling in mid-winter and
therefore should be as easy to detect. We'll be looking and
listening for these birds from the road primarily. This is a great
opportunity to learn new things about these mysterious birds that
live near us year-round, yet so few people ever actually experience.
We will meet at 8 p.m. at a location to be deter-mined, and plan on
returning around 2 a.m. Car-pooling will be required to reduce
potential impacts on the owls as they enter their breeding season as
well as simply ease transportation. If the weather is uncooperative
our backup day may be two weeks later, on Saturday, February 27.
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February 20
(Saturday). Legislative Workshop.
Join us for the joint Audubon/Sierra Club 2010 Legislative Forum!
Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010 Time: 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Place: First Plymouth Church, 3501 S. Colorado Boulevard, Denver The
Audubon Society of Greater Denver (ASGD) and the Enos Mills Group of
the Sierra Club invite you to attend the 2010 Legislative Forum.
Audubon Colorado Lobbyist Jen Boulton and Sierra Club Legislative
Committee Chair Gary Lindstrom will discuss the 2010 session’s
environmental bills. We’ll hear from speakers on several key issues,
and at lunch we’ll talk with several Colorado legislators. The cost
is $12 per person in advance, $15 at the door. To register in
advance, call the ASGD office at 303-973-9530. |

March 2010
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March 4 (Thursday). Board
Meeting. 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Monthly Board Meeting to be held at the National Seed Storage Lab,
1111 S. Mason St. (map).
Read minutes of
past board meetings |
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March 6
(Saturday). Putnam Science Carnival.
Parents! Kids! Save the date! Putnam Science Carnival Saturday,
March 6 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. Come see: Robots, rockets, fer-rets, bird
olympics, raptors, make high-speed video magic, play with Little
Shop of Physics, make silly slime, race a cock-roach, tour our
haunted house of lasers, and much, much more! For more information
please email/call Wendy Mosher
wmosher@psdschools.org
(970) 488-7744 $2 per person or $10 per family. |
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March 11 (Thursday). Program.
7:00 p.m. Columbine Room, Fort Collins Lincoln Center, 417 W.
Magnolia (maps). Scott
Rashid, Author, “Small Mountain Owls” |
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March 14 (Sunday). Bobcat
Ridge Natural Area Bird Survey. 7:00 am.
Meet at 7:00 a.m. FCAS performs a monthly bird census for the city of Fort
Collins. All levels welcomed and encouraged! Leader: Denise Bretting
(dbretting@swloveland.com,
work: 669-1185, or home: 669-8095). |
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March ?? Field Trip.
Specific date TBA. Gull Identification Workshop. Leader: Nick
Komar, quetzal65@comcast.net,
or 416-7527. Meeting place and time TBA. Join us as we take a closer
look at the numerous gulls that grace our area in the cold season.
Gulls can be challenging to identify, but they have the benefit of
being easy to find and generally cooperative. We may visit one or
several lakes and reservoirs, depending on recent gull activity.
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