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.
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.
Join us for a relaxing, fun bird walk to meet other volunteers and staff. We'll meet at the Environmental Learning Center at 9 a.m. and conclude our walk at 10 a.m. Please dress to be outside and bring a water bottle and your binoculars. Do not hesitate to reach out if you have questions! We hope to see you there!...
Are you interested in becoming an Education Volunteer with Bird Conservancy of the Rockies? Join us at this training to learn about becoming an Education Volunteer, our curriculums, and how to become a group leader!
Join us to help complete projects at the Environmental Learning Center and learn about our volunteer opportunities and how you can get involved!
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...
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.
Join us for a relaxing, fun bird walk to meet other volunteers and staff. We'll meet at the Environmental Learning Center at 8:30 a.m. and conclude our walk at 9:30 a.m. Please dress to be outside and bring a water bottle and your binoculars. Do not hesitate to reach out if you have questions! We hope to see you there!...
Join us at this training to learn about our field trip and in-class offerings, curriculums, teaching strategies, and how to become a school program leader. Program leaders: Lead groups of students or adults through structured field trips, in-class programs, or events on topics such as bird adaptations, habitats, water ecology, and prairie ecology Work with different age groups, and be...
Mark your calendar and plan to join us for the 2019 Bioblitz at Barr Lake -- as part of the City Nature Challenge! Towns and cities around the world will be competing to see who can make the most observations of nature, find the most species, and engage the most people. We'll set out to count as many species as we possibly can in one day!
