The 57th Denver Christmas Bird Count will be held on Saturday, December 18th. Everyone is invited and encouraged to participate in the annual Denver Christmas Bird Count (CBC) sponsored by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the National Audubon Society. The Denver count circle is centered on the entrance to the old Ken Caryl Ranch in the SW Denver metro area. To participate, call one of the Area Leaders listed below to assist in a particular area, or call the Count Leader (contact info below) if you would like to help in an area that still needs additional observers. After a day in the field, all participants are invited to attend the short compilation meeting to feast, warm up, chat with other birders, and find out how the count fared. It is a lot of fun. The Compilation meeting will be at the Carson Nature Center (Santa Fe & Mineral Ave, between the Light Rail parking and the Platte River) at 5pm. Feel free to bring a dish or desert to share!
Fees: Each observer over the age of 18 must pay a $5.00 fee to participate in the Denver CBC. Participants should pay the $5.00 fee to their Area Leader before taking part in the Count. Checks should be made payable to National Audubon Society, not to DFO. The 15-mile diameter "count circle" is subdivided into 24 "count areas" each with a leader. Area locations and names and phone numbers of Area Leaders are listed below. Participants should contact Area Leaders for meeting times and places on Count day, Saturday, December 18. Area Number and Location Area Leader Phone Number 1. Red Rocks Park Bob Brown 303-791-6204 2. Lower Bear Creek Karen von Saltza 303-368-9961 2A Bear Creek Lake Park Kathy Hawkins 303-969-8909 3. Bow Mar/Marston Kay Niyo 303-679-6646 4A. Lower South Platte - East Ed Holub 303-979-2194 4B. Lower South Platte - West Bob Shade 303-975-2476 5. Highline Ditch Nancy Crews 303-791-8276 6. Plum Creek Norm Erthal 303-424-6747 7A. Middle South Platte - West Randy Lentz 303-680-3381 7B. Middle South Platte - East Hugh Kingery 303-814-2723 8. Chatfield State Park Joey Kellner 303-978-1748 9. Upper South Platte * Jill Holden 303-972-6410 10. Lower Deer Creek Lynn Willcockson 303-757-7000 11. Upper Deer Creek Paul Slingsby 303-422-3728 12. Yegge Peak Ann Bonnell 303-979-6211 13. Doublehead Mountain Tim Davis 303-841-6163 14. North Turkey Creek Dick Schottler 303-278-8035 15. Indian Hills Sherman Wing 303-697-8840 16. Upper Bear Creek Tom Parchman 303-274-7951 17. Ken Caryl Ranch Tom Bush 303-904-4576 18. Garrison Gate Steve Stachowiak 303-791-4974 19. Morrison/Willowbrook Jackie King 303-287-1644 20. Willow Creek Doris Cruze 303-798-8072 21. Mount Lindo/Willow Springs Wayne Wathen 720-344-0158 * to participate in this area, you must contact the area leader no later than Tuesday, December 14. Additional Contact Information: Count Leader/Compiler: Joey Kellner (303-978-1748), vir...@comcast.net Feeder Coordinators: Patty Echelmeyer (303-233-4947), Tina Jones (303-794-2647) Compilation meeting: 5:00 pm, South Platte Park Solar Classroom, 3000 W. Carson Dr. If you cannot participate in the Denver CBC, please consider helping with one or more other counts throughout the state...it's a lot of fun! Joey Kellner Compiler - Denver CBC Littleton, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobi...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.