Weminuche Audubon Society

19th Hole Concert Series
2022-06-30 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Denver) | Pagosa Springs Golf Club, #1 Pines Club Place, Pagosa Springs, CO, 81147, United States
A fun way to support area non profits including Weminuche Audubon Society. Your attendance at any or all concerts supports all of the non-profits chosen to participate this year. A $10 cash only cover charge is collected at the door. These events are rain or shine unless an electrical storm forces closure. Bring a camp chair or blanket to sit on, no outside food or drinks are allowed and leave pets at home. Food from the grill, beer, wine and signature cocktails will be available for purchase.
This series is made possible by sponsorship from Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Bank of Colorado, Two Old Crows Gallery, Mountain Home Sound and Security, SOCO Wood and Window and Pagosa Springs Golf Club and organized by the Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado.
Music by Jack Ellis & OUT ON WORK RELEASE supports Healthy Archuleta FSFE Food Coalition

Birding at Chimney Rock Natnl Monument
2022-06-25 07:30 - 09:30 | Chimney Rock National Monument, 3179 CO 151, Chimney Rock, CO, 81121
Join us for a fun and casual 2-hour bird-walk led by a knowledgeable birding guide from the Weminuche Audubon Society. These outings are designed to introduce you to the diverse community of birds that spend their summer at Chimney Rock National Monument. Birders of all skill levels are welcome to participate. Your guide will help you identify various species and explain the unique adaptations that allow these birds to survive here.
Participants will be walking slowly on uneven terrain in the lower area of CRNM (no archaeological sites are included on this tour). Good walking shoes are advised, along with plenty of water and sun protection. Bring binoculars if you have them. Not recommended for young children.
Guests must enter through the Hwy 151 entry gate during the check-in period stated below; the gate will be locked at the end of that time. This is a Chimney Rock event and a fee is charged. Visit http://chimneyrockco.org to make a reservation.

19th Hole Concert Series
2022-06-23 17:30 - 19:30 | Pagosa Springs Golf Club, #1 Pines Club Place, Pagosa Springs, CO, 81147, United States
A fun way to support area non profits including Weminuche Audubon Society. Your attendance at any or all concerts supports all of the non-profits chosen to participate this year. A $10 cash only cover charge is collected at the door. These events are rain or shine unless an electrical storm forces closure. Bring a camp chair or blanket to sit on, no outside food or drinks are allowed and leave pets at home. Food from the grill, beer, wine and signature cocktails will be available for purchase.
This series is made possible by sponsorship from Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Bank of Colorado, Two Old Crows Gallery, Mountain Home Sound and Security, SOCO Wood and Window and Pagosa Springs Golf Club and organized by the Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado.
Music by The San Juan Mountain Boys supports Pagosa Mountain Morning Rotary Club

Plant Walk - Edible and Medicinal Plants of the Ponderosa Ecozone
2022-06-22 09:30 - 11:30 | Hershey Fourmile Ranch, Snowball Rd, Pagosa Springs, CO, 81147
Join certified herbalist Lake McCullough for a fun and educational ramble through the forest, as we discover edible and medicinal native plants. The walks are free of charge! Offered in partnership with Audubon Rockies and the Weminuche Audubon Society.
In order to handle increased popularity and demand for information about our local ecosystems, we will be conducting two back-to-back plant walks at each location. The first tour will begin at 9:30 and run until 11:15. The second tour will begin at 11:30 and go until 1:15. There is a 15-person maximum on each walk. Walks are about 1.5 miles roundtrip. Please be prepared for rugged trails and unpredictable weather, and leave dogs at home.
First Tour: 9:30 to 11:15
Second Tour: 11:30 to 1:15
Meet at Fourmile Ranch at the north end of Snowball Road (County Road 200). From Highway 160 downtown, turn onto 2nd Street, which becomes CR 200. Drive about 4 miles out this road, until you come to a white metal gate marking Fourmile Ranch, which arches over the road. Continue past this gate for less than half a mile, until you come to a barn complex on the left. Parking is located just past the barn, in the grass on the left of the road. We will meet here and begin the walk. Please be aware that this is private property, and treat the area with courtesy.
Call Lake at 970-398-0923 or stop by and see her at Earthsense Herbals at 114 Pagosa St. to sign up. These popular walks book up fast.

19th Hole Concert Series
2022-06-16 17:30 - 19:30 | Pagosa Springs Golf Club, #1 Pines Club Place, Pagosa Springs, CO, 81147, United States
A fun way to support area non profits including Weminuche Audubon Society. Your attendance at any or all concerts supports all of the non-profits chosen to participate this year. A $10 cash only cover charge is collected at the door. These events are rain or shine unless an electrical storm forces closure. Bring a camp chair or blanket to sit on, no outside food or drinks are allowed and leave pets at home. Food from the grill, beer, wine and signature cocktails will be available for purchase.
This series is made possible by sponsorship from Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Bank of Colorado, Two Old Crows Gallery, Mountain Home Sound and Security, SOCO Wood and Window and Pagosa Springs Golf Club and organized by the Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado.
Music by Bo DePena supports Weminuche Audubon Society

June Annual Meeting
2022-06-15 17:30 - 20:00 | Community United Methodist Church, 434 Lewis St, Pagosa Springs, CO
We hope to see you at our annual meeting on Wednesday, June 15, at the Methodist Church on Lewis St. This meeting will be a potluck dinner. We will meet at 5:30 PM for set up, with dinner starting at 6:00 PM. Please bring a dish to share, plates and eating utensils, and enjoy some great food. Drinks will be provided.
Elections to the board of directors will be held along with a review of our financial condition. This year the board would like to hear from you. Which programs are you interested in supporting? How can we increase member participation in our activities? Please come prepared to share your ideas with us. The evening will include an opportunity to extend our good wishes to Randy and Deb McCormick before they depart our area.
John Porco will entertain us with a program on the narrow gauge railroad system that was an important part of the history of our area.
This will be the time to renew your membership for July 2022 through June 2023, if you haven’t already done so. Our dues remain at the bargain rate of $15/year.

19th Hole Concert Series
2022-06-09 17:30 - 19:30 | Pagosa Springs Golf Club, #1 Pines Club Place, Pagosa Springs, CO, 81147, United States
A fun way to support area non profits including Weminuche Audubon Society. Your attendance at any or all concerts supports all of the non-profits chosen to participate this year. A $10 cash only cover charge is collected at the door. These events are rain or shine unless an electrical storm forces closure. Bring a camp chair or blanket to sit on, no outside food or drinks are allowed and leave pets at home. Food from the grill, beer, wine and signature cocktails will be available for purchase.
This series is made possible by sponsorship from Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Bank of Colorado, Two Old Crows Gallery, Mountain Home Sound and Security, SOCO Wood and Window and Pagosa Springs Golf Club and organized by the Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado.
Music by Bob Hemenger supports Habitat for Humanity of Archuleta County

Birding at Chimney Rock Natnl Monument
2022-06-04 07:30 - 09:30 | Chimney Rock National Monument, 3179 CO 151, Chimney Rock, CO, 81121
Join us for a fun and casual 2-hour bird-walk led by a knowledgeable birding guide from the Weminuche Audubon Society. These outings are designed to introduce you to the diverse community of birds that spend their summer at Chimney Rock National Monument. Birders of all skill levels are welcome to participate. Your guide will help you identify various species and explain the unique adaptations that allow these birds to survive here.
Participants will be walking slowly on uneven terrain in the lower area of CRNM (no archaeological sites are included on this tour). Good walking shoes are advised, along with plenty of water and sun protection. Bring binoculars if you have them. Not recommended for young children.
Guests must enter through the Hwy 151 entry gate during the check-in period stated below; the gate will be locked at the end of that time. This is a Chimney Rock event and a fee is charged. Visit their website at http://chimneyrockco.org to make a reservation.

19th Hole Concert Series
2022-06-02 17:30 - 19:30 | Pagosa Springs Golf Club, #1 Pines Club Place, Pagosa Springs, CO, 81147, United States
A fun way to support area non profits including Weminuche Audubon Society. Your attendance at any or all concerts supports all of the non-profits chosen to participate this year. A $10 cash only cover charge is collected at the door. These events are rain or shine unless an electrical storm forces closure. Bring a camp chair or blanket to sit on, no outside food or drinks are allowed and leave pets at home. Food from the grill, beer, wine and signature cocktails will be available for purchase.
This series is made possible by sponsorship from Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Bank of Colorado, Two Old Crows Gallery, Mountain Home Sound and Security, SOCO Wood and Window and Pagosa Springs Golf Club and organized by the Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado.
This week enjoy music by the Jackson Mountain Ramblers in support of Wings Early Childhood Center.

Let's Go Birding
2022-05-28 08:00 - 10:00
Join us on Saturday, May 28, at 8 AM at the start of the road to the Blanco River Group Campground (CCC Campground)/ FS Rd 656. This is a left turn off Hwy 84, about 12 miles south of town.

Riverwatch Training with San Juan Mtn School
2022-05-25 13:30 - 15:30
We’ve been invited by the science teacher at San Juan Mountain School, Andy Guinn, to join his class to learn about their RiverWatch monitoring site on Wednesday, May 25th. The class plans to head down to their nearby sampling site at the river at 1:30pm. Then, once samples are collected, we’ll return to the SJMS school (modular buildings on the north side of PSHS’s parking lot) at approximately 2:15pm for the actual water characteristic testing till 3:30pm. Please RSVP to kbruno@audubon.org
We’ve discussed RiverWatch sampling as a chapter. This opportunity will be a great way to learn from the students and support their efforts, as well as discuss how we can collaborate in the future with information learned about the San Juan River.

May Chapter Meeting
2022-05-18 18:30 - 20:00 | Community United Methodist Church, 434 Lewis St, Pagosa Springs, CO
At this time of year, birds are singing their signature songs to advertise their presence, attract a mate and defend nesting territories. Identifying bird species by what we hear in addition to by what we see will be the topic of our meeting on Wednesday, May 18 at 6:30 PM. We will meet at the Community United Methodist Church on Lewis St. Socializing and setup will take place beginning at 6:00 PM. Audubon Rockies Community Naturalist, Keith Bruno, will lead us in learning the skills of birding by ear. His lesson will focus on the songs of birds commonly encountered in our Forest Bird Monitoring citizen science project. The fourth season of this study, which documents bird species and numbers in selected areas of the National Forest, will begin at the end of this month. Recognizing birds by what we hear is a valuable skill set in this study and in our bird survey in the HD mountains, and one that improves among our volunteers every year.
Audubon meetings and activities are open to the public and we welcome your participation. We are seeking volunteers for our bird monitoring projects. For more information and to add your name to the volunteer list, email us at weminuche.audubon@gmail.com. In appreciation for our meeting place, we welcome donations of non-perishable food to the Methodist Church food bank.
Those unable to join in person may use the following link to join us on Zoom.
Topic: WAS Chapter Meeting — Birding by Ear
Time: May 18, 2022 06:30 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

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Audubon Rockies Birdathon
2022-05-15 - 2022-05-22
Take part in Birdathon Week and raise money to support large-scale conservation efforts that aim to reverse serious declines in bird populations. Join a team or create your own to go birding during the week of May 15-22. Create your fundraising page and ask friends and family to donate to the cause. Keith Bruno has created a team. We hope you’ll add to the Pagosa team numbers. Use the following link for information and to register
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Global Big Day Group Birding
2022-05-14 08:30 - 10:30 | Riverwalk
Join Charles Martinez for birding on the Riverwalk. Meet near the domes in Centennial Park on the Geothermal Greenhouse Partnership site. All are welcome.

Global Big Day/Migratory Bird Day
2022-05-14
Be a part of birding’s biggest team! Global Big Day is an annual celebration of the birds around you. No matter where you are, join us virtually on 14 May, help celebrate World Migratory Bird Day, and share the birds you find with eBird.
Participating is easy—you can even be part of Global Big Day from home. If you can spare 5 or 10 minutes, report your bird observations to eBird online or with our free eBird Mobile app. If you have more time, submit several checklists of birds throughout the day. You never know what you might spot. Your observations help us better understand global bird populations through products like these animated abundance maps brought to you by eBird Science.
Last year, Global Big Day brought birders together virtually from more countries than ever before. More than 51,000 people from 192 countries submitted 134,000 checklists with eBird, setting four new world records for a single day of birding. Will you help us surpass last year’s records? However you choose to participate, please always put safety first and follow your local guidelines.
How to participate

Get an eBird account: eBird is a worldwide bird checklist program used by millions of birders. It’s what allows us to compile everyone’s sightings into a single massive Global Big Day list—while at the same time collecting the data to help scientists better understand birds. Sign up here. It’s 100% free from start to finish.
Watch birds on 14 May: It’s that simple. You don’t need to be a bird expert or go out all day long, even 10 minutes of birding from home counts. Global Big Day runs from midnight to midnight in your local time zone. You can report what you find from anywhere in the world.
Enter what you see and hear in eBird: You can enter your sightings via our website or download the free eBird Mobile app to make submitting lists even easier. Please enter your checklists before 17 May to be included in our initial results announcement.

Watch the sightings roll in: During the day, follow along with sightings from more than 170 countries in real-time on our Global Big Day page.

eBird Trip Reports on Global Big Day
NEW this year! eBird Trip Reports are a great way to share where you went and the birds you found on Global Big Day. Simply create an eBird Trip Report for 14 May 2022. As you submit lists and upload media throughout the day, they’ll be added to your report automatically. Send the trip report link to friends and family so they can follow along. (Learn more about eBird Trip Reports)

Bat Walk
2022-04-27 18:30 - 20:30 | Ross Aragon Community Center, 451 Hot Springs Blvd, Pagosa Springs
We are excited to welcome Mylea Bayless with Bat Conservation International who will instruct us in the use of our very own bat detector and welcome us into the society of bat ambassadors. Some of you will remember her fun presentation to us at a past chapter meeting.
We will meet on Wednesday, April 27, at 6:30 PM in the Arts and Crafts room at the Community Center. After training in use of the equipment, we will head outside and see if we can locate bats flying overhead.
Come and join us for a fun adventure.

From House Wrens to Herons: Avian Research Updates
2022-04-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Online Presentation
Thanks to the generosity of its members, Denver Field Ornithologists awards grants to fund research, conservation, and education projects. The final program before the summer program hiatus will feature reports from three 2021 research grant recipients. Colorado State University undergrad Noelle Mason will present Rate of avian telomere shortening across DNA samples. CU Boulder master’s candidate William Anderson will present Hybridization between non-sister lineages of House Wren along the Front Range of Colorado. Western Colorado University faculty member Patrick Magee will present Evaluating the breeding season and foraging habits of the Slate River Great Blue Heron.
Register for the Zoom webinar here:
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Earth Day Celebration
2022-04-23 10:00 - 13:00 | Riverwalk
On Saturday, April 23, several local organizations will set up along the Riverwalk between 10 AM and 1 PM in the area of the GGP domes to celebrate the earth. The theme of this year’s celebration is “Invest In Our Planet”. Weminuche Audubon, Audubon Rockies and Pagosa Wetland Partners will set up near our native plant garden.
Pagosa Wetland Partners’ celebrated Riverwalk Naturalist guides are offering 2 tours along the geothermal wetlands during the Earth Day celebration on April 23. Meet your naturalist guides at the Audubon Native Plant Garden. The free tours will begin at 10 AM and 1 PM. Come early as Pagosa Wetland Partners will have more information about the tours and PWP activities and to enjoy all things Audubon.
The tour will last 1-1.5 hrs. It is wheelchair accessible. Benches are available to rest along the paved 1.5 mile path (roundtrip). Please bring water, sunglasses, a hat, and your curiosity. Camera and/or binoculars are suggested. And please do not bring your dogs. If questions, send to pagosawetlands@gmail.com

April Chapter Meeting
2022-04-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Community United Methodist Church, 434 Lewis St, Pagosa Springs, CO
We invite you to join us for our April meeting on Wednesday, April 20, at the Community United Methodist Church on Lewis St. We will gather at 6:00 PM to set up and socialize, with the meeting starting at 6:30. For those unable to join us in person, the meeting will be broadcast on Zoom. Look for the link on our website, weminucheaudubon.org.
We will hear from representatives of 3 exciting citizen science projects organized through the chapter. Beverly Compton will discuss the importance of surveys being conducted in the HD Mountains in collaboration with San Juan Citizens Alliance. The area we are covering is accessed by Fossett Gulch Rd and impacted by natural gas wells. Kitty Neal will provide an overview of The American Dipper Project and our monitoring of nesting success of these amazing birds. This survey will take you to our beautiful rivers and streams.
Herb Grover will lead a discussion of the upcoming 4th season of our Forest Bird Monitoring Project, documenting bird populations in areas of the national forest which have been subjected to different wildfire prevention treatments. Grover has posted video summaries of this project on youtube, found by searching Weminuche Audubon Bird Monitoring Project. Information from these surveys contributes to planning for best forest health treatments through our collaboration with Upper San Juan Forest Health Partnership, Mountain Studies Institute and the US Forest Service.
The success of all of these projects depends on volunteer participation and we encourage you to join us in making a contribution to the understanding of impacts to these bird populations. Expert birding skills are not required, one of the goals of these studies is to increase our identification expertise by learning from each other. Each study requires a commitment as little as only three to four hours per week for the duration of the survey.
We also have volunteer opportunities in helping to maintain our native plant garden on the Geothermal Greenhouse Partnership site in town and in training to conduct naturalist tours through the wetlands along the Riverwalk.
All Audubon events are open to the public. We are a welcoming group and invite you to come and see what we’re all about. A donation of non-perishable food for the church food bank is appreciated. For information email us at weminucheaudubon@gmail.com.
Following is the Zoom link for those unable to attend in person.
Topic: WAS April Chapter Meeting — Community Science Opportunities
Time: Apr 20, 2022 06:30 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

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Habitat Hero - Building Habitat Mosaics
2022-04-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Presentation
Coming soon to the Colorado Front Range: Habitat Mosaics, a fun and easy way to join the wildscaping and native plants movement! The new Habitat Mosaics web app will help local communities create integrated habitats that support key species of interest. Join us for Building Habitat Mosaics, a free webinar on April 20, for an introduction to Habitat Mosaics, and be ready to go when the app launches in the Colorado Front Range this May. Register

Environmental Film Festival
2022-04-16 14:00 - 20:00
Celebrate earth week by attending the Environmental Film Festival hosted by the Geothermal Greenhouse Partnership taking place at the Tennyson Event Center from 2 to 8 PM on Saturday, April 16.. Geothermal Greenhouse Partnership (GGP) is a collaborative partner with the Colorado Environmental Film Festival offering new highly acclaimed independent films. Guests will enjoy four feature-length films and two short films. Entrance to see the films on a come-and-go basis is available by purchasing wristbands for $20. A gourmet stand-up supper is offered from Kathy Keyes, chef at Pagosa Baking Company. Kathy is also a GGP founder. She is providing a menu using locally grown produce. Proceeds from a cash bar add to the nonprofit GGP’s operating funds. GGP is “growing food and community with local energy.” The proceeds go to GGP’s operations including educational activities and landscaping. The wristbands and descriptions of the offerings are available at www.pagosagreen.org. Weminuche Audubon Society is proud to be a sponsor of the film festival.

Birding At Lake Capote
2022-04-16 08:00 - 11:00 | Lake Capote, 398 Hwy 151, Pagosa Springs, CO
Join us at this Birding Hotspot where the osprey nest. The entrance to Lake Capote is the first left turn on Highway 151 after turning off Highway 160 on the way to Chimney Rock National Monument. This private lake is owned by the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and a $5.00/vehicle entry fee is charged. We will meet at the office at 8:00 AM. Jenny Marsh will lead this event.

Bird Migration
2022-04-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Online Presentation
This spring, millions of birds will be migrating to and through the Rockies region. Migration is no small feat for our feathered friends, and light pollution is making their journeys even harder. Join Zach Hutchinson, our community science coordinator, and Ashley Wilson from the International Dark-Sky Association for a free webinar to learn about the growing problem of light pollution and bird migration. Colorado State University Aeroecologist Kyle Horton will also share the science that has revolutionized our understanding of birds’ nocturnal movements. This is a great opportunity for bird lovers in Colorado and beyond to learn the simple ways we can help migratory birds on their journeys. Register now

A World On The Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds
2022-03-28 19:00 - 20:30 | Online Presentation
Whet your appetite for spring migration by joining Denver Field Ornithologists and the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History for an evening with author, researcher, and lecturer Scott Weidensaul. You will hear about scientists, researchers and bird lovers seeking to preserve global bird migration patterns facing disruption by climate change and other environmental challenges.
Weidensaul has authored more than two dozen books, including Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2000. Kirkus Reviews raved about his most recent book, A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds, saying that it “belongs in every birder’s library.”
Register for the Zoom webinar here:
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March birding
2022-03-26 08:00 - 10:00 | Echo Canyon State Reservoir
Jennifer Marsh has volunteered to organize our March group outing at Echo Canyon Reservoir. We will meet in the large parking area for the boat put-in about 1/2 mile from Highway 84.
Seniors may purchase a State Wildlife Area annual pass for a little over $10.00 on the CPW website. Last spring local wildlife officer Doug Purcell joined us at a meeting and educated us in the value of supporting these areas by purchasing a pass if you don’t have a fishing or hunting license.

March Chapter Meeting
2022-03-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Online Presentation
Please join us for an exciting program at our March chapter meeting on Wednesday, March 16, at 6:30 PM. This meeting will be held online via Zoom. Meeting virtually will allow us to hear from our presenter in eastern Colorado who would not be able to join us in person.
This month we will explore an important bird habitat located in southeastern Colorado, John Martin Reservoir. Almost 400 species of resident and migratory birds have been documented spending time at this site on the high desert prairie near the small town of Hasty. Our presenter for the evening will be Dr. Sara Harrod.
Dr. Harrod grew up near San Antonio, Texas and was introduced to birdwatching by a neighbor while in high school. She attended Texas A&M University and earned a Bachelor of Science in Zoology. She went on to study songbirds while earning a Master of Science in Wildlife Ecology from Texas State University and a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from Arkansas State University. She is now a Natural Resources Specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at John Martin Reservoir, where she leads the Piping Plover and Interior Least Tern monitoring program and conducts public outreach.
Dr. Harrod will be speaking about two of John Martin’s imperiled shorebirds, the Piping Plover and Interior Least Tern. The presentation will include a brief overview of John Martin Reservoir, the biology of plovers and terns, conservation issues these birds face, what the Army Corps of Engineers and its partners are doing, and ways people can help protect nesting plovers and terns.
The link to join the meeting will be posted here.
Topic: Weminuche Audubon Society chapter monthly meeting
Time: Mar 16, 2022 06:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

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Monte Vista Crane Festival
2022-03-11 - 2022-03-13 | Monte Vista Wildlife Refuge, Monte Vista, Colorado
Due to the ongoing nature of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the March 11-13 2022 Monte Vista Crane Festival will be hybrid in nature. We will not using buses or gathering indoors. Visit the festival website for information. https://mvcranefest.org/
Instead of Crane tours, you will drive yourself to a meet-up locations on the Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge and learn from experts interesting facts about Sandhill Cranes from Refuge staff and volunteers.
For 2022 speaking events, we asked our experts to record their presentations. You can watch the videos ON DEMAND for FREE from March 11 thru March 20th. We hope you enjoy! The videos contain interesting information about wildlife use of abandoned mines along the Sangre de Christo Mountains, Flammulated Owls at the Hot Creek Research Natural Area in the San Luis Valley, raptor education by Hawks Aloft and more.

American Dipper Project
2022-03-04 14:30 - 16:00 | Ruby Sisson Library, Large Meeting Room, 811 San Juan St, Pagosa Springs, CO, 81147
Join us for an organizational meeting to plan for our second year of monitoring nesting success of American dippers in our area. We will discuss which areas to look for nests and how to organize our monitoring efforts. This survey will be conducted from late spring through early summer. An enjoyable way to spend some time outdoors with these fascinating birds. If you can’t make it in person, use the following link to join us on Zoom.
Topic: Dipper Nest Monitoring 2022 Planning Session
Time: Mar 4, 2022 04:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

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Pagosa Wetlands Partners Meeting
2022-03-04 13:00 - 14:30 | Ruby Sisson Library, Large Meeting Room, 811 San Juan St, Pagosa Springs, CO, 81147
Join this advocacy group in making plans for the coming season.
Preliminary list of priorities for action:

Closely monitor the Springs Resort Expansion including the required environmental assessment being done by CME Environmental.
Collaborate with the Planning Department to bring forth the new Land Use Development Code for final approval.
Create a water monitoring team of volunteers to establish baseline data on wetland water quantity, quality, and timing.
Expand community education and engagement via Riverwalk Naturalist Program, written articles for media outlets, presentations to key individuals, public hearings, etc.
Work with Pagosa Springs Tourism Board and Parks and Recreation Department to complete the new interpretive signs and other enhancement opportunities.
Consider fundraising opportunities via grant writing and partnerships.
Your ideas,suggestions, concerns, and recommendations.

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Topic: PWP Strategies & Planning Meeting
Time: Mar 4, 2022 01:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

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Wildscaping 101
2022-03-02 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Presentation
Want to learn ways to attract birds to your garden? This is your chance to get started! Learn how you can conserve birds through wildscaping in this free, educational webinar. Habitat loss is one of the greatest threats to birds. To address this, Habitat Hero provides people, businesses, and cities with the resources to create bird habitat in their own communities. Wildscaping is a way you can directly benefit birds and other wildlife by planting native plants in your own garden.
For questions, contact jamie.weiss@audubon.org.
Use the following link to register for this free online event:
https://rockies.audubon.org/events/wildscaping-101
