In the last couple of weeks, many of our summer songbirds have returned to brighten our lives with their colorful plumage and cheerful songs. Western tanagers, black-headed grosbeaks, house wrens, yellow warblers,  yellow-rumped warblers and others, all announcing ‘I am here’. It’s time to renew our training in matching birds with their songs and calls.
Birding by ear to identify bird species is an important skill used by volunteers in our Forest Bird Monitoring Project, set to start soon. Oftentimes, knowing a song is the only way to count a bird hiding in the brush.  At our May meeting, Audubon Rockies Community Naturalist, Keith Bruno, will help us with some tricks to learn the songs of birds that inhabit our forests.

The public is invited to join us for our meeting on Wednesday, May 21, at the Community United Methodist Church on Lewis St.  We will gather at 6 PM for socializing  and the meeting will start at 6:30.  Please enter through the side door off the parking lot or let us know to open the main door for handicap entry.  In appreciation for our meeting space, we welcome donations of non-perishable food for the church food bank.  For those unable to join us in person, use the following link to join on Zoom.