Calendar

SPRING 2005

APRIL

Sunday April 3, 2005
FIRST SUNDAY BIRDING
9 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Daylight Savings Time Begins)
Walden Wildlife Habitat. Meet at Cottonwood Marsh. Bring binoculars, scope, field guide, snack and water. Dress for the weather. Everyone welcome both novice and advanced birders.
Leader: Joyce Takamine 303-443-8303

Saturday April 9, 2005
DINOSAUR RIDGE HAWK WATCH
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
See migrating raptors as they fly past the ridge at Morrison hogback. Meet at 9 a.m. at East Boulder Rec Center, west end of main parking lot and bird until 12 0r 12:30 return at 1 p.m. Dress for variable weather, wear boots, bring hat, sunscreen, hawk book, binocs, water and snacks. Steep but short hike to top of the ridge and then 1û2 mile walk to check post. Call leader to let him know you plan to go or if weather is inclement. Carpool $2.00 each.
Leader: Myron Plooster 303-494-6708

Friday April 15, 2005
ANNUAL SPRING MEETING
Time: TBA
Please check this page later for more information.

Saturday April 16, 2005
DIGISCOPING WORKSHOP WITH BILL SCHMOKER
7 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Meet at Cottonwood Marsh at 7 a.m. Bring your own scope and digital camera. Learn how to use your scope and digital camera to take bird photos. Be prepared with everything you need and for variable weather. Limited to first 20 who sign up. Call Bill in advance to sign up.
Leader: Bill Schmoker 720-201-5749 or e mail at bill@schmoker.net

Saturday April 30th 2005
EARLY SHOREBIRDS and BURROWING OWLS
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Get an early start on Spring looking for winderfulshorebirds and cute burrowing owls plus early waders and other migrants . Vist various ponds and lakes, Platte River, and lower Latham, Meet at 8:30 a.m. at Niwot Park N Ride at the Diagonal and Niwot Road to carpool. Return by 4 p.m. Dress for variable weather, bring liunch, water, snacks, binocks, scopes and radios if you have one. Carpool $3.00 each to drivers.
Leader Dick Pratt 303-651-6860

MAY

Reminder ! May through September, First Sunday Birding will start at 8 a.m. and go until 11 a.m. "The early bird catches the worm and the early birder sees the birds."

May 1, 2005
FIRST SUNDAY BIRDING
8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Meet at Cottonwood marsh at Walden Wildlife Habitat at 8 a.m. and bird until 11 a.m. Bring binocks, water, snack, hat, bug juice and sunscreen. Be prepared for variable weather.
Leader: To Be Announced

Wednesday May 4, 2005
WEDNESDAY ROADRUNNERS
7:30 a.m to 10:30 a.m.
Leave at 7:30 a.m. sharp to carpool to a local area to be determined by leaders. Meet at East Boulder Rec Center, west end of main parking lot. We leave on time ! Carpool .50 city, $1.00 county. (Join us for coffee and fellowship at Ehrardís Bakery in Meadows Shopping Center following birding)
May Leaders: Helga & Jay Sproul 303-444-5550

Wednesday May 11, 2005
WEDNESDAY ROADRUNNERS
(See May 4 for details.)

Saturday May 14, 2005
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATORY BIRD DAY
7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Celebrate the Birds ! Join the Boulder Bird Club and the Wild Bird Center for a fun morning in the outdoors: 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.

• Free coffee, juice and donuts and informative displays by WBC & special IMBD & BBC T shirts for sale starting at 7:30 a.m.
• One hour field trips led by BBC leaders at 8 a.m., 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.
• "The Big Sit", join us in the big sit as we bird just Cottonwood Marsh for the morning to see how many species we see by just staying in one place. Bring your binocs and scope and a chair and "come sit". Last year we had over 60 species!

Friday, Saturday Sunday May 13 - 15, 2005
COLORADO FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS CONVENTION IN LAMAR, CO
Go to web site for more information it is open to members and non-members: www.cfo-link.org

Sunday May 15, 2005
ESTES PARK TRIP to the WILLOWS
6:30 a.m. to early p.m.
Meet at 6:30 to carpool to Estes Park to bird the Matthew Reeser Bird Sanctuary and a short time in Endo Valley after we eat lunch there in RMNP. Meet at north west end of Albertsonís parking lot at corner of 28th and Diagonal Highway at 6:30a.m.. Return early afternoon. Or meet the gang at 7:30 a.m. at the parking lot just north of the power plant in Estes Park. Bring lunch, drink, snack and be prepared for cold weather. Dress warm! Carpool $3.00
Leader: Gary Matthews 1-970-586-5093

Wednesday May 18, 2005
WEDNESDAY ROADRUNNERS
(See May 4 for details)

Saturday & Sunday May 21 & 22, 2005
BIRDATHON
Join in Boulder County Audubon Societyís annual Birdathon. A major fundraising effort for conservation and education. Form a team or ask to be placed on a team. Have fun birding "a big day" with others. Call Randy Siebert 303-666-4414 & leave a message or send him an email at birdathon@prodigy.net to learn more or visit the Audubon website to learn more: www.boulderaudubon.org

Wednesday May 25, 2005
WEDNESDAY ROADRUNNERS
(See May 4 for details)

Friday Evening May 27, 2005
TWILIGHT POORWILL STALK
7:30 p.m. to around 9:30 p.m.
Go birdwatching at dark! Meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Four Mile Creek Open Space parking lot on Lee Hill Road, .03 mile west of north Broadway. Bring flashlights, binoculars and jacket in case it is cool. Carpool 1.00 each to destination in the foothills. Will we find poorwills? Maybe. Lets go and find out! Return around 9:30 or so. Call leaders if you plan to go.
Leaders: Suzi & Myron Plooster 303-494-6708

Saturday May 28, 2005
BIRDING THE PARKS AND HILLS OF LYONS
8 a.m to 1 p.m.
Joint trip with BCAS. Look for nesting species such as bluebirds, swallows, wrens, and warblers, as well as watching for hawks and dippers. We might even find an owl or two! Meet at Lyons Park N Ride at 4th and Main Streets. Always a favorite trip with a great host. Bring water, snacks and all the usual .
Leader Ray Davis 303-823-5332

JUNE

Wednesday June 1, 2005
WEDNESDAY ROADRUNNERS
7:30 a.m.
Leave at 7:30 a.m. sharp to carpool to a local area to be determined by leader. Meet at East Boulder Rec Center, west end of main parking lot. We leave on time ! Carpool .50 city, $1.00 county. (Join us for coffee and fellowship at Ehrardís Bakery in Meadows Shopping center following birding)
June Leader: Jim Eide 303443-6236

Saturday June 4, 2005
PAWNEE GRASSLANDS
6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Meet at Niwot Park N Ride 6 a.m. Visit the Pawnee Grasslands with master birder Bill and find those elusive grass land birds such as Longspurs, Mountain Plovers, Burrowing Owls and Orchard Orioles and Nighthawks. Then return home via Lower Latham for shorebirds. Return around 6 p.m. A full day of birding, so be prepared with lots of water, snacks, lunch, hat, bug juice, sunscreen, binocks etc. Call to sign up in advance. Carpool fee $10.00. A great trip and a must do, if you have not been there birding!
Leader: Bill Kaempfer 303-443-3175 or email Kaempfer@Colorado.edu

June 5, 2005
FIRST SUNDAY BIRDING
8 a.m to 11 a.m.
Meet at Cottonwood marsh at Walden Wildlife Habitat at 8 a.m. and bird until 11 a.m. Bring binocks, water, snack, hat, bug juice and sunscreen. Be prepared for variable weather.
Leaders: Suzi & Myron Plooster 303-494-6708 & Loch Kilpatrick

Wednesday June 8, 2005
WEDNESDAY ROADRUNNERS
(See June 1, 2005 for complete details.)

Saturday June 11, 2005
BOB O LINK SEARCH
7:30 a.m to about 10:30 a.m.
Meet at 7:30 a.m. sharp at the Centennial Trail trailhead at Gapter Road and Dimmit Drive. Dimmit Drive is just west of Cherry Vale Road where Baseline curves to the east. DO NOT block any driveways please! Walk the trails quietly to spot BobOLinks in the tall grass along the Centennial Trail and maybe drive further south off Cherryvale Rd. Bring Scopes, binocks, water bug spray etc. Bird until about 10:30 a.m. Find this Boulder Valley specialty!
Leader: Debra Sparn 303-494-0919

Wednesday June 15, 2005
WEDNESDAY ROADRUNNERS
(See June 1, 2005 for complete details.)

Saturday June 18, 2005
DOWDY DRAW
8 a.m. to noon
Bird Dowdy Draw - a favorite of the birds and of birders. Meet at East Boulder Rec. Center west end of main parking lot to carpool to Doudy Draw $1.00. Bring Scopes, binocks, bug juice, water, snack, hat and sunscreen.
Leader: Lonny Frye 303-931-9131

Wednesday June 22, 2005
WEDNESDAY ROADRUNNERS
(See June 1, 2005 for complete details.)

Saturday June 25, 2005
BIRDS OF GOLDEN GATE STATE PARK
7:30 a.m. to about 1 p.m.
Seek out nesting sapsuckers, woodpeckers, nuthatches, swallows and bluebirds and other birds of this special area with a master birder who knows all the bird songs. Meet 7:30 a.m. at East Boulder Rec Center west end of main parking lot and bird until about 1 p.m. Bring lunch and eat in the park. Also bring binocks, bug spray, hat and sunscreen. Carpool fee $2.00 each to drivers. Drivers must have a State Park Pass or pay the daily fee out of the carpool fee collected.
Leader: Paula Hansley 720-890-2628

Wednesday June 29, 2005
WEDNESDAY ROADRUNNERS
(See June 1, 2005 for complete details.)

ADDITIONAL TRIPS

Boulder County Audubon has a number of trips in which you are invited to participate. See their website at www.boulderaudubon.org

Coming in July:
The Wonderful World of Wildflowers
July 17-21
Highlands Presbyterian Camp and Retreat Center, Allenspark, CO
Five glorious days exploring 3 "life zones" of flowers, birds, trees plus astronomy in a beautiful camp setting. Total cost $165.00 includes registration, meals and room. Open to all adults. For information pick up a registration form at First Presbyterian Church 1820 15th Street or St Andrew Church on Baseline. Or call Suzi at 303-494-6708 for a registration form. Reservations must be made two weeks before the first day of camp. Or contact Highlands at www.highlandscamp.org or call 303-747-2888

GENERAL INFORMATION