Join Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Thursday, Nov. 14th at the Tellus Flagship store in Downtown Fort Collins for an evening to learn about our bird conservation efforts with our friends Tellus! Our Senior Avian Ecologist, Marion Clement will also be there to talk about our Northern Saw-whet Owl banding season as well as natural history facts about owls. Tellus...
Join Bird Conservancy of the Rockies for a monthly educational Family & Homeschool program. Each month we’ll focus on a different subject or area of interest to share with your family. Participants should expect each activity to largely take place outside and a parent or guardian should plan to stay with their child(ren) through the duration of the program. November’s...
Join Bird Conservancy of the Rockies on the 4th Saturday of each month for some bird-watching fun! These bird outings are designed to be inclusive so let's come together, learn, and enjoy the outdoors as a community of nature lovers. Our flock welcomes all. No birding experience required - just bring your enthusiasm! Binoculars, field guides, and some adaptive equipmennt...
With its constant diving, bobbing and rock-hopping in shallow rapids, the aptly named American Dipper is an unusual passerine. No wonder it evokes such delight when we encounter it. Coloradans are fortunate to have abundant dipper habitat along our mountain streams and urban and suburban creeks along the Front Range and west. Our Senior Avian Ecologist, Jessie Reese will be...
This will be the third year of Thirsty Bird, so we thought it was time for an evolution. Welcome, Thirsty Bird: Science on Tap. We’ll still be flocking together to nerd over birds, but this year each Thirsty Bird event will include a short presentation by a Bird Conservancy expert! Guests will learn more about what we do as an...
Join Bird Conservancy of the Rockies for a monthly educational Family & Homeschool program. Each month we’ll focus on a different subject or area of interest to share with your family. Participants should expect each activity to largely take place outside and a parent or guardian should plan to stay with their child(ren) through the duration of the program. December’s...
Join Bird Conservancy of the Rockies on the 4th Saturday of each month for some bird-watching fun! These bird outings are designed to be inclusive so let's come together, learn, and enjoy the outdoors as a community of nature lovers. Our flock welcomes all. No birding experience required - just bring your enthusiasm! Binoculars, field guides, and some adaptive equipmennt...
Once a year each winter, dozens of volunteers congregate at Barr Lake State Park, Colorado to dedicate their day to a singular purpose: tally every bird of every species seen within a 15-mile diameter circle centered on Barr Lake. This tradition has been taking place every year since 1980 at Barr Lake. The 2023 Christmas Bird Count will take place...
Join us during winter break for some fun days with Bird Conservancy! School is out and birds are in! Join us as we explore what it takes for birds to survive the winter at Barr Lake. Each day will focus on different aspects of how birds are adapted to survive in winter while exploring different ways we as birders, scientists...
Did you know that upwards of 100 Bald Eagles winter at Barr Lake? Join us to see this spectacle and observe these resilient birds. We’re hosting three opportunities to get out and learn about the eagles of Barr Lake this winter. Each walk will be guided by knowledgeable Bird Conservancy Staff and Volunteers so you’re sure to learn something new!...
