Here is a listing of our walks and trips for the month of May with the Boulder Bird Club. We encourage anyone to attend and one need not be a member to join us. Many of our events are excellent for beginners who wish to pick up some birding tips and see some of what Colorado has to offer.
BBC Wednesday Roadrunners >From now through the end of summer we meet at the East Boulder Rec Center parking lot(NW corner) at 7:30 AM and bird until 10:30 every Wednesday morning for a walk at various places around Boulder County. This carpool trip is a favorite in our club and is topped off with coffee at a local shop afterwards. May 9th 2009 Saturday Various Times, see info below International Migratory Bird Day at Walden Ponds The Wild Bird Center, Boulder Bird Club, and Boulder County Audubon will be hosting International Migratory Bird Day at Walden Ponds on Saturday, May 9, 2009. This year's theme is "Birds in Culture." There will be information on the conservation of wild birds as well as a Dawn Chorus Walk, A Big Sit, and other walks. The dawn chorus will begin at 5:30AM and the general events are scheduled from 7:30AM 'til 11:00AM. More details on this event will be posted as they come available at http://wildbird.com/stores/bld/birdwalks Or people may call (303) 442-1322 for details. Note: Please carpool to Walden Ponds as there is limited parking. Illegally parked cars may be ticketed. May 14th 2009 Thursday Evening at 7PM An Evening at Walden Ponds with Ted Floyd Here is something new for the Boulder Birdclub, an evening listening tour of the Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat. Ted has two of the best ears in birding and can pick out the calls of Night Herons and Bitterns and many other birds as they settle in for the night. People often forget how active birds can be as the heat of the day dissipates, and the shadows fall over the waters and bushes. We birders should be equally as curious about their behavior at night as during the day and this is one of Ted Floyd's particular expertises. Bring some bug spray and binoculars and your ears to enjoy learning about a side of birding so often overlooked. Meet up at Cottonwood Marsh at 7 PM for a few hours of evening birding. Ted Floyd at tedfl...@aba.org May 17th 2009 Sunday 5:30 AM Migrants at Chico Basin, A Full-Day Trip with Joyce Takamine - Chico Basin is one of the best spots in the state for migrating birds and this will be our second trip there for the Boulder Bird Club. We will be looking for warblers and passerines taking some rest before heading East. For the last few years, Chico Basin has had astonishing numbers of unusual birds reported. We will also check out local water holes and lakes for activity. We will carpool from East Boulder Rec Center leaving at 5:30 AM sharp returning around 5:00 PM. Remember that 4 wheel drive vehicles are a must if recent rains leave roads muddy. Please bring sack lunch, protective clothing, good hiking shoes and sunscreen, and money for both carpool and the $10.00 per person admission fee. This will be one of our most interesting trips with excellent birders for guides. There will be more specific information available about this trip later, so please contact Joyce prior to trip at jabir...@msn.com or at 303 554-9785. May 22nd through the 25th 2009 Colorado Field Ornithologists Convention in Alamosa Should be a nice convention this year, topped off by Boulder's own author, editor, and birder extraordinaire, Ted Floyd giving the keynote address. The information can be found at http://cfo-link.org/downloads/CFO_Conv_09.pdf May 30th 2009 Saturday 6:00 AM - around 6pm The Birds of the Pawnee Grasslands Join master birder Bill Kaemper for his notable annual trip to the Pawnee. He is able to find those elusive grasslands birds such as Mountain Plovers, Longspurs, Burrowing Owls, Orchard Orioles and Nighthawks. Other birding treats are possible, too, including late shorebird and songbird migrants. Meet at 6 a.m. sharp to form car pools at the Niwot Park N Ride at Co 119 and Niwot Road Alternatively, if you are coming from afar or wish to try camping at Crow Valley Campground (reservation suggested and fee required) join the group between 8:00 and 8:30 at Crow Valley. Return home either via Lower Latham or Wellington SWA depending on how the birds lead us, getting back around 6 p.m. A full day so be prepared with lots to drink, snacks, lunch, hat, bug repellant, sun screen and binocular. Scope and radios if you have them. A great trip that every birder needs to take and it will be far superior than if you try to find these birds yourself. Sign up in advance. Leader: Bill Kaempfer 303-954-8998 or email kaemp...@colorado.edu For more information please see our website at www.boulderbirdclub.org and see our calendar and newsletter. 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