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 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!
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.
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 and field outing.
The classroom session will be the evening of Feb. 19 at the Dinosaur Ridge Discovery Center (17681 W Alameda Pkwy, Golden, CO), followed by a field trip on February 23, meeting at the Stegosaurus Lot at 8AM.
RSVP is required.
To register or for more information,
contact Outreach Biologist Matt Smith via e-mail: [email protected],
or by phone: 970-482-1707 ext. 32
Red-tailed Hawk photo courtesy of John Carr
205! That’s the number of species counted at our Annual Wildcat Hills Bioblitz. People of all ages came out to explore the Western Nebraska landscape through hands-on learning, and in the process made a wonderful contribution to science.
Two large-scale monitoring programs collect data on bird populations every summer in the United States—Integrated Monitoring in Bird Conservation Regions and the Breeding Bird Survey. How are they different, and in what ways do each program complement the other in addressing the vast information gaps needed to help inform avian conservation?
2018 marks our 30th Anniversary, and we’re celebrating! In the coming months, we’ll reminisce about the migratory milestones and positive impacts that our organization has made through the years, as well as look to the future. We hope you enjoy this timeline featuring just a handful of the many accomplishments made possible by our supporters, partners, collaborators and staff.
Brown-capped Rosy-Finches nest at higher elevations than any other bird species in the United States, and their breeding distribution is almost entirely limited to Colorado. Despite residing in an almost pristine environment for most of the year, they have declined by as much as 95% over the past 50 years and, unfortunately, we don’t know why. Read on to learn more about our efforts to solve this mystery.
Long term data sets are critical for understanding trends and changes in our world. The inspiring story of Billy Barr and his knack for writing down everything is just one example of how everyone can make a contribution to science in their own way.
Inspired by the vision of a youngster wanting to make a difference, and fueled by passionate volunteers, Larimer County’s Colorado Bluebird Project embarks on its second year monitoring bluebirds on the Front Range.
