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Family Christmas Bird Count at Lake Minatare

Lake Minatare State Recreation Area Minatare, NE, United States

Join Bird Conservancy of the Rockies and Nebraska Game and Parks as we conduct a Family Christmas Bird Count at Lake Minatare, Nebraska on December 15 from 9am – 11am! Normally Lake Minatare is closed to the public and serves as a wildlife refuge for the winter. By participating in this event you and your family can enjoy exclusive winter access to the lake for a few hours as we learn more about the birds that call the lake home for the holidays!

Barr Lake Christmas Bird Count

Bird Conservancy's Environmental Learning Center 14500 Lark Bunting Lane, Brighton, CO, United States

Participate in the Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count, a census of birds in the Western Hemisphere performed annually by volunteer birdwatchers and administered by the National Audubon Society. The purpose is to provide population data for use in science, especially conservation biology.

Christmas Bird Count for Kids

Barr Lake Nature Center 13401 Picadilly Road, Brighton, CO, United States

Join local families and naturalists from Bird Conservancy of the Rockies for a Christmas Bird Count held especially for kids! The event
gets kids involved in the celebrated tradition of annual bird counts, started by the National Audubon Society more than 100 years ago to
encourage bird conservation.

Bald Eagle Watch – Citizen Science Training

Barr Lake Nature Center 13401 Picadilly Road, Brighton, CO, United States

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies’ Bald Eagle Watch program was started in 1988 to monitor and help protect the Bald Eagle nest at Barr Lake State Park northeast of Denver. Now, citizen scientists with the Bird Conservancy monitor eagle nests across the Front Range to provide information to biologists on the nesting success of the Colorado population.

HawkWatch – Citizen Science Training

Dinosaur Ridge Discovery Center 17681 W Alameda Pkwy, Littleton, CO, United States

Take your raptor watching to the next level as a participant in Bird Conservancy's HawkWatch program! Volunteers collect information about raptor migration, which is stored in an online database and contributes to the understanding of raptor movements across North America. Official counts start in March with volunteers stationed at Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison, CO. This training includes a classroom session...

Eastern Screech-Owl Monitoring – Citizen Science Training

Fort Collins, CO

The Eastern Screech-Owl is one of the most common owl species in North America, yet little is known about its ecology, with no population trends for Colorado. Eastern Screech-Owls are an indicator species of riparian forest health for the City of Fort Collins. At this training, you'll learn the basics to contribute to Bird Conservancy's Poudre River Screech-Owl Monitoring program. Participants will monitor and collect data on Eastern Screech-Owls and other owl species living along the Cache la Poudre River near Fort Collins, CO.