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Citizen Scientists Needed to Count Goldeneyes

In 2000, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory began organizing an annual Barrow’s Goldeneye count in Colorado to monitor the wintering population of this species. Volunteer citizen...

Colorado Biologists Further Black Swift Research

Black Swifts are at risk to the effects of climate change. As our atmosphere heats up and viable Black Swift breeding habitat dwindles, proactive conservation...

Exploring Nebraska’s Incredibly Diverse Niobrara River

This spring, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory began conducting bird population monitoring surveys along the Niobrara National Scenic River in Nebraska. Outreach Biologist Jeff Birek was...

New Species Detected for IMBCR Program

With summer waning, RMBO has completed its sixth season of conducting surveys under the Integrated Monitoring in Bird Conservation Regions (IMBCR) program. How many birds...

Radio-Telemetry Offers Insights into Mountain Plover Habitat Use

RMBO is partnering with the University of Colorado-Denver to support a graduate research project to better understand how Mountain Plovers utilize habitat during the nesting...

Frigid Weather Fails to Deter Christmas Bird Counters

Despite sub-freezing temperatures and driving snow, 38 volunteers took part in this year’s Christmas Bird Count at Barr Lake. Count compiler Chuck Hundertmark offers a...

Saving the Aplomado Falcon in the Grasslands of Chihuahua, Mexico

“Another nest has failed.” This is the recurring news that technicians monitoring Aplomado Falcons in Chihuahua, Mexico, have reported over the last 18 years. Private...

New Locales Lead to Cool New Species for IMBCR Program

Now that fall is upon us in the Rockies, RMBO biologists and technicians are finishing proofing data gathered this summer under the Integrated Monitoring in...

Up, Up and Away to Survey Raptors in Nebraska

In early June, a LightHawk pilot and his wife volunteered their time and plane to help Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory with a census of Ferruginous...

Surveying Birds from Mountains to Plains

Grassland bird populations have declined more steeply than any other group of North American birds. Since 2006, RMBO has partnered with the City of Fort...

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