Weminuche Audubon Society

WAS January Board Meeting
2021-01-04 16:00 - 17:30 (America/Denver) | Online Presentation
The regular board meeting will take place via Zoom on Monday, January 4. Please use the following link to join the meeting.
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Audubon's Christmas Bird Count
2020-12-19 00:00 - 23:30
We are planning for a safe and fun count of our winter birds on Saturday, December 19. If the weather doesn’t cooperate on Saturday, we will move the count to Sunday, December 20.
Volunteers will count and record all of the birds that we see within one of eight zones in the Pagosa Springs count circle. The 15 mile diameter circle is centered on Trujillo Rd near downtown Pagosa Springs.
If you live within the count circle and prefer to participate by counting birds at your feeders, you can do so from the comfort of your home. We will provide forms and instructions for adding your feeder count to our data.
Following protocols of the National Audubon Society and the State of Colorado, we will not be car-pooling as we have done in the past. All in-person gatherings will be done outside with masks and social distancing. Some years we have worn masks anyway just to keep our faces warm! Zone leaders will do advance scouting to designate rendezvous points good for spotting birds.
We need your help to make the count a success. Please take the time to let us know that you will participate by sending us an email.weminuche.audubon@gmail.com

Winter Birds 101 - Corvids and Raptors
2020-12-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Online Presentation
The third of our Bird Identification Classes in preparation for the Christmas Bird Count will be presented by Audubon Rockies community naturalist, Keith Bruno. We’ve had great participation and covered a lot of birds in the first two classes. Our thanks to Keith for making it a fun and informative time. If you want, you can copy a checklist of the birds covered under the “Projects” tab, Christmas Bird Count, on our website. We’re getting anxious to see how many of these birds that we can find on the 19th!
If you haven’t done so, please volunteer to participate in the count by sending an email to weminuche.audubon@gmail.com
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Topic: Winter Birds 101
Time: Dec 16, 2020 06:30 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
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Winter Birds 101 - Perching Songbirds
2020-12-09 18:30 - 20:00 | Online Presentation
The second of three bird identification classes in preparation for the Christmas Bird Count will focus on perching songbirds. These fun classes are presented by Keith Bruno, Audubon Rockies community naturalist. Can’t tell a Cassin’s from a house finch, confused about sparrows? Learn tips to make these tricky identifications with confidence. Then plan to join us on December 19th for the 121st Christmas Bird Count. Email us at weminuche.audubon@gmail.com to volunteer for the count.
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WAS December board meeting
2020-12-07 16:00 - 17:30 | Online Presentation
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Time: Dec 7, 2020 04:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
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Coloring the Conservation Conversation - Drew Lanham
2020-11-23 19:00 - 20:00 | Online Presentation
Drew will be speaking about barriers to birding and other outdoor activities for people of color and the importance of nature for all of us. Drew is now or was a board member of National Audubon, Audubon South Carolina, ABA, and the Aldo Leopold Foundation. He gave the keynote address at the 2017 National Audubon convention in Salt Lake City. He’s the author of The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature. And he is an ardent birder!
Drew is an eloquent, passionate advocate for the things he believes in and the viewers of his talk will find it thoughtful and impactful. Drew’s “9 Rules for the Black Birdwatcher” has gone viral on YouTube.
This free talk is presented by Denver Field Ornithologists, Use the following link to register for the Zoom presentation.
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Pagosa Wetlands Partners
2020-11-19 17:00 - 18:30 | Online Presentation
We will meet virtually to keep the momentum going from our October meeting. Progress on hydrology findings, LUDC research and media outreach. Please use the following Zoom link to join the meeting.
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Time: Nov 19, 2020 05:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
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November Chapter Meeting - Winter Birds 101
2020-11-18 18:30 - 20:00
As we have done in the past, we will host 3 bird identification classes in preparation for the Christmas Bird Count in December. Please join us on Wednesday, November 18 at 6:30 PM for the first class, Winter Birds 101, waterfowl identification. Our thanks to Keith Bruno and Randy McCormick for providing tips on identifying these birds. Learn to differentiate those tricky females on the water. This is an opportunity to hone our skills in time to practice on area lakes before the count in December.
In December we will continue with classes on perching songbirds (12/9), and raptors and CBC protocols (12/16). All classes will take place on Zoom at 6:30 PM with meeting links on the events tab of our website. All interested parties are welcome to join these meetings.
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Conservation in Colorado Lecture Series - Bird Friendly Coffee and Chocolate
2020-11-10 16:00 - 17:30 | Online Presentation
Helping birds can be as simple as drinking a cup of coffee or eating a bar of chocolate! Learn how bird conservation and coffee are connected and what it takes for a coffee to be certified as “bird friendly”. Hear about efforts to grow bird friendly cacao as well. Presented by Sarah Doxon, Environmental Educator, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.
Learn more and register for each event at https://denveraudubon.org/events/

Conservation in Colorado Lecture Series -Simple Actions to Help Birds
2020-10-27 16:00 - 17:30 | Online Presentation
Birds are telling us we must act now to ensure our planet can sustain wildlife and people. Explore the key ways birds help people, an overview of the pressures threatening even the most common birds, and how we can act now to help birds in our neighborhoods. Presented by Suzy Hiskey, Conservation Coordinator, Denver Audubon.
Learn more and register for each event at https://denveraudubon.org/events/

Birding the Riverwalk
2020-10-24 08:00 - 10:00
Meet at Centennial Park on the Riverwalk at our Native Plant Garden.

October Chapter Meeting
2020-10-21 18:30 - 20:00
At this month’s online meeting, on Wednesday, October 21 at 6:30 PM, the Weminuche Audubon chapter will host a presentation on Adaptive Silviculture For Climate Change, an experimental project designed to determine best forest management practices in the face of a warming climate and increased fire danger. One of these trials is being conducted here on Jackson Mountain.
Our presenters are Matthew Tuten and Dana Hayward. Tuten is a silviculturist and a timber program manager for the Pagosa and Columbine Ranger Districts of the San Juan National Forest (Wolf Creek Pass to just east of Durango). He’s been with the San Juan National Forest for just over 5 years. Prior to moving to Pagosa Springs with his wife and two children, he was a Forester on the Ouray Ranger District of the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests in Montrose, Colorado, where he worked in mixed-conifer forests, similar in many ways to the forests on Jackson Mountain. Before working for the Forest Service, he contributed to forest restoration research at Northern Arizona University and also completed a graduate thesis on management guidelines for the Northern Goshawk in southwestern National Forests. He’s literally been working in the woods in some form or fashion since he was 15.
Hayward is the Partnership Coordinator for Mountain Studies Institute and San Juan Forest Health Partnership, two area organizations working to protect our forests. By bringing diverse stakeholders together, the group works to identify and prioritize forest health projects that protect our community while improving forest health and ecosystem function. A native Coloradan, Hayward has lived in Pagosa Springs since 2013. In her position as Partnership Coordinator at the Mountain Studies Institute, she serves as the San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership coordinator and supports coordination activities for other collaborative groups in Southwest Colorado and Northern New Mexico. She loves the work she does to support collaborative processes that impact natural resource and landscape management; the committed partners she gets to work with are who truly make her job awesome. A background in education, agriculture, and marketing lend unique perspectives to her work, while her facilitation, project management, and communication skills support the work of MSI and its partners. Dana holds an M.Agr. in Agricultural Resource Management, and an M.Ed. in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education.
For the past two summers, members of the local Weminuche Audubon Chapter have conducted a citizen science survey designed to determine the effects of different fire prevention treatments on bird populations. These surveys have taken place in ponderosa pine areas of the National Forest at locations on Turkey Springs, Fawn Gulch and Jackson Mountain and complement the studies of the Adaptive Silviculture trials.
All interested parties are invited to join us in what promises to be an informative evening.
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Pagosa Wetland Partners
2020-09-29 13:00 - 14:30
The September meeting will take place outdoors at the pavilion at Yamaguchi Park. Please bring a chair and mask. Please contact us at weminuche.audubon@gmail.com if you would like further information. All interested parties are welcome to attend.

California Condor Release
2020-09-26 12:00 - 14:00
Join us virtually for the 25th annual public California Condor release!

Every year thousands of people gather at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument to watch one of conservation’s biggest spectacles – the release of captive-bred California Condors to the wild. This day is a celebration of the dedication and tenacity that hundreds of people have put into bringing the iconic California Condor back from the brink of extinction. In the 1980’s, there were only 22 individual birds left on the planet, yet today they stand at nearly 500. This year, with Covid-19 affecting our ability to gather in large groups, we will not be able to hold an in-person public release at the Vermilion Cliffs, but the celebration will go on!
The Peregrine Fund will release up to four California Condors atop the spectacular ledges of Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in northern Arizona at 11am MST (12pm MDT) Saturday, Sept. 26. Since the public is unable to watch from the annual viewing site, we are excited to offer the opportunity to observe the release virtually on The Peregrine Fund’s YouTube Channel.
Watch as young condors unfold their wings and take to the skies of northern Arizona for the first time in their lives. Because the biologists are unable to schedule exactly when the birds will choose to leave their release pen, the event will have a picture-in-picture set up with a camera trained on the release pen, and will include videos and interviews with the condor biologists and conservationists who work with these massive birds! Viewers will also be able to chat with and ask questions to the condor biologists who are on the cliff, behind a blind, waiting for the birds to take off.
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Birding at Chimney Rock Tour
2020-09-19 08:00 - 10:00
Join Keith Bruno and Charles Martinez to explore the birdlife at Chimney Rock National Monument. This is a Chimney Rock event and a fee is charged by them and reservation required. For more information and to register visit, http://chimneyrockco.org

GGP Breakfast in a Balloon
2020-09-17 - 2020-09-20
Here’s GGP’s Breakfast IN a Balloon video.
Enjoy it! Enjoy a delicious actual breakfast and give GGP your real support. You are appreciated!

Click here to view the Breakfast In a Balloon Video

Breakfast boxes are only available to GGP ticket holders. To ensure everyone’s safety during Covid-19, no paper tickets will be sold, only PayPal on-line tickets. GGP thanks you for your understanding.

What’s in your breakfast box? Yum!
Egg Souffle (standard and vegetarian options)
Mini Green Chile Ciabatta Roll
Prosciutto, cucumber slices, cherry tomatoes
Scone
Fresh Fruit
Each breakfast comes with a long stem rose.

Choose your morning and number of breakfasts from the pull down menu below.
You’ll receive a confirmation from GGP@PAGOSAGREEN.ORG and your name will be placed on a list so that Pagosa Baking Company expects you. Email GGP for vegetarian and gluten free requests.

Buy Tickets Here http://pagosagreen.org/breakfast-in-a-balloon/

Thursday September 17 – Sunday September 20

Weminuche Audubon Society September Meeting
2020-09-16 18:30 - 20:00
Please join the Weminuche Audubon Society on Wednesday, September 16 at 6:30 PM for our monthly chapter meeting. This remote meeting will take place on Zoom. If you are new to Zoom, you will need to go to http://Zoom.us prior to the meeting and download the free Zoom for client app to your personal device. Use the meeting link at the bottom of this page to join the meeting. All interested parties are welcome.
The topic of this month’s meeting will be the importance of wetlands, particularly those in our Pagosa Springs area. 80% of all wildlife species use wetlands or riparian habitats at some point in their life cycle. According to the EPA, “more than half of our original wetlands have been drained and converted to other uses”. Geothermal sources in Pagosa Springs have created unique, warm water wetlands and contribute to the rich diversity of birds we see along the riverwalk in town.
Our presenter for the evening will be Randy McCormick. Prior to moving to Pagosa Springs, McCormick served as environmental manager at the National Estuarine Research Reserve in Naples, Florida, mandated to protect 110,000 acres of coastal wetlands in the western Everglades. He is a board member of the Weminuche Audubon Society and an active member in Pagosa Wetland Partners, a group of citizens committed to preserving important area wetlands habitats. Find out how you can be involved in this mission.
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National Hummingbird Weekend
2020-09-05 00:00 - 2020-09-09 00:00
Get outside to celebrate the end of summer and hummingbirds as they head out on their fall migration. Help scientists gain a better understanding of hummingbird migration in our region by using iNaturalist to document the hummingbirds you see during Labor Day weekend. Wyomingites, Utahns, and Coloradans are all encouraged to participate.

iNaturalist is an online social network with a free app and website that provide a place to record and organize nature observations, meet other nature enthusiasts, and learn about the natural world. You can use it to record your observations, get help with identifications, and view other people’s observations.
To participate, just follow these steps:

Register National Hummingbird Weekend
Create a free iNaturalist account.
Download the iNaturalist app for iPhones or Android.
Review iNaturalist’s instructions and practice using the app (see below).
On September 5-9, submit your hummingbird observations on the iNaturalist app on your phone or the iNaturalist website on your computer.

Additional iNaturalist Resources

iNaturalist’s video tutorials
iNaturalist Tutorial PDF
iNaturalist FAQ
iNaturalist’s overview video

Cost: Free
Register here

Habitat Hero Weekly Webinar- Community Science at Audubon Rockies
2020-08-26 19:00 - 20:00
In this webinar, we will explore fun ways to get outside to learn about nature and contribute to science this fall. Join this conversation about community science with Audubon Rockies Community Naturalist Jacelyn Downey. Register here

Habitat Hero Weekly Webinar - Nature in the City
2020-08-19 19:00 - 20:00
Kate Rentschlar, with the City of Fort Collins will provide an overview of the Nature in the City Program. Nature in the City’s vision is a connected open space network accessible to the entire community that provides a variety of experiences and functional habitat for people, plants, and wildlife. Kate will delve into findings of how birds are affected by different land use types and factors, how you can get involved, and where the program is headed in the coming years. Register here

Annual Chapter Meeting
2020-08-19 18:00 - 19:30
We will be holding our annual meeting and elections virtually this year on Wednesday, August 19, at 6:00 PM. This meeting, which is traditionally held in June, was postponed in hopes that we could meet in person. But concerns for the health and safety of all of us have forced the decision to hold it via Zoom. Normally we have all shared a potluck dinner, so feel free to sit back and bring your meal to the meeting. This meeting will feature a recap of events in the last year and a report on our finances. Despite current restrictions, we have been and continue to be a busy group.
Herb Grover will present preliminary findings from our bird monitoring project conducted in May, June and July. It will be exciting to find out similarities to and differences from last year’s study. We are investigating ways to share photos from the study on our website.
Also at this meeting we will conduct elections to the Board of Directors and officer positions. Board members are elected to a 2 year term. Your current board is comprised of Brenda Breding (secretary), Anne Stevens (treasurer), Becky Herman (past president), Herb Grover (vice-president), Jean Zirnhelt (president) and Keith Bruno, Loyette Stewart and Suzanne Coe as directors.
Officer positions up for election this year are President and Vice-President (sound familiar?). Directors up for re-election are Keith Bruno, Loyette Stevens, and Becky Herman. A paid chapter membership is required to vote and we have extended the payment deadline to August 31 this year( if you paid last year we will consider your membership current for voting purposes).
Our bylaws allow us to have up to 3 more director positions on our board. If you are interested in joining us, please let us know at weminuche.audubon@gmail.com
It’s easy to participate in a Zoom meeting. Let us see your faces and hear your voices. Directions and a sign-in link will be sent out prior to the meeting.

Chimney Rock Birding
2020-08-19 08:00 - 10:00
This program, presented in partnership with the local chapter of the Audubon Society, is a wonderful opportunity to observe and learn about birds native to the Chimney Rock area. Tour guide will be Randy McCormick. Experienced Audubon birders will lead and assist the group, walking nature trails in the lower area of CRNM (no archaeological sites are included on this tour). These trails are mostly level although not paved.
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
The fee is $16.00 for adults and $8.00 for ages 5-12, and is considered a non-refundable donation. A booking fee applies to each ticket purchased online or through the call center. Making a reservation through the call center or website is the only way to guarantee a spot on this tour. Most programs are at full capacity prior to the event but we will accommodate walk-ins if space is available. Booking fees do not apply to walk-ins. In the event of cancellation due to inclement weather, rain checks will be available. For details, please call the Visitor Cabin (970-883-5359) 9:00 – 4:00 Mountain Time.
Register for this event at http://chimneyrockco.org

Pagosa Wetland Partners Meeting
2020-08-18 09:00 - 11:00
Please join us at Yamaguchi park to discuss our efforts to protect area wetlands. Bring a chair and water. We will meet, socially distanced, outside at the gazebo near the river. If you are interested in touring the vacant land known as Yamaguchi south, slated for development by the town, bring binoculars and we will look for birds after the meeting.
“We are volunteers with a citizen-led advocacy group we named the Pagosa Wetland Partners. We are associated with the National Audubon local chapter Weminuche Audubon in Archuleta County.

We formed as a group a year ago in response to public presentations on a potential residential development along the San Juan River in downtown Pagosa Springs within the 15 remaining acres of The Springs Resort. This property is directly adjacent to a riparian wetland ecosystem with unique native plants and flowing water habitat that is utilized by 155 bird species (last count 2019) and companion animal communities. This wetland has a highly unusual feature of warm spring water inflow creating marsh and ponds that stay open all winter. It is an important refuge for migrating and overwintering birds. This entire system is within and connected to the Upper San Juan River and its riparian corridor.

As mentioned, our advocacy for the protection of the wetlands is in response to the potential for high density residential development bordering this wetland. Our intent is not to be confrontational, but rather to assist the community by utilizing the best available science to produce the best possible outcomes. Land use development codes are not always sufficient to prevent problems. We feel it is important to address potential impacts to the wetlands as well as to the complex hydrology of this section of the San Juan River. After observations by a retired hydrologist in our group, questions about the quantity, quality, and timing of spring water outflows led us to be concerned about impacts. This unique riparian zone is also highly valued by the community for recreation, education, ecotourism, birding, and the central role it plays in the quality of life enjoyed by citizens and visitors alike. We are also aware that when it comes to avoiding, or mitigating, environmental impacts from inappropriate land uses, an ounce of prevention is worth a ton of remediation.”

Plant Walk with Lake McCullough
2020-08-15 09:30 - 12:00
Medicinal Plants and Wild Edibles Of Fourmile Trail
Space will be limited for this popular walk. Please contact Lake at Earthsense Herbals, 264-0884 to register for this walk.
Meet at Fourmile Trailhead. From Highway 160, turn left on Lewis Street, then an immediate left on N 5th street. Take County Road 400 (Forest Service Road 645) north of town for 8 miles, keeping right at the intersection with Plumtaw Rd, and continuing another 4 miles to the end of the road.

Habitat Hero Weekly Webinar - Pollinator 101
2020-08-12 19:00 - 20:00
In this Habitat Hero Weekly Webinar, Desneige Hallbert, Landscape Designer at Norris Design, will provide tips on creating a pollinator-friendly garden. After the presentation, there will be a Q&A session for you to ask your gardening questions.
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Hometown Habitat Online Movie
2020-07-30 19:00 - 21:00
We will wrap up the week with a free online movie on Thursday evening from 7-9 PM. You won’t want to miss Hometown Habitat produced by the Meadow Project. https://themeadowproject.com/hometown-habitat/
Hometown Habitat features renowned entomologist Dr. Douglas Tallamy, whose research, books and lectures on the use of non-native plants in landscaping, sound the alarm about habitat and species loss. Tallamy provides the narrative thread that challenges the notion that humans are here and nature is someplace else. “It doesn’t have to, and shouldn’t be that way.” Inspiring stories of community commitment to conservation landscaping illustrate Tallamy’s vision by showing how humans and nature can co-exist with mutual benefits.
The message: All of us have the power to support habitat for wildlife and bring natural beauty to our patch of the earth.
The goal: Build a new army of habitat heroes!
Use the following link to register for the movie
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Native Plant Garden Planting
2020-07-30 08:30 - 15:30
Join us to place plants in the ground at our Habitat Hero Garden at the GGP site in Centennial Park near the domes on the Riverwalk. Use the following link to sign up for a 2 hour slot.
https://act.audubon.org/a/hh-vol-ps-20200728

Native Plant Garden Planting
2020-07-29 08:30 - 15:30
Join us to place plants in the ground in our Habitat Hero Demonstration Garden at the GGP site in Centennial Park near the domes on the Riverwalk. Use the following link to sign up for a 2 hour volunteer slot.
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Native Plant Garden Planting
2020-07-28 08:30 - 15:30
Join us to place plants in the ground in our Habit Hero Demonstration Garden at the GGP site in Centennial Park near the domes on the Riverwalk. Use the following link to sign up for a 2 hour volunteer slot.
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Habitat Hero Workshop with Jamie Weiss
2020-07-27 14:00 - 16:00
This month we are planting a Habitat Hero demonstration garden in Pagosa Springs! Join us for this online event to kick-off the week’s activities and learn about this project and unique partnerships involved.
Jamie Weiss, Audubon Rockies’ Habitat Hero coordinator, will demonstrate the importance of restoring our communities, one garden patch at a time. From a birds-eye view, learn how to create wildlife-friendly gardens that help combat the loss of open spaces and create green corridors that link your bird-friendly garden to larger natural areas by providing habitat for wildlife.
We would like to thank Weminuche Audubon Society, Geothermal Greenhouse Partnership, CSU Extension Master Gardeners, Mountain High Garden Club, and Southwest Conservation Corps for their support on this project.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Agenda coming soon!
Registrants will receive email updates about this webinar, as well as periodic email updates about Audubon’s conservation work and how you can help birds. (You can unsubscribe at any time.)
Space is limited for this event presented via Zoom. Use the following link to register:
https://audubon.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkdeitpjIuEtSZfe0GT15RrKA5anqoOUXz
