Next month CFO will sponsor two field trips to northeast Colorado and places are available to enjoy either one.
On Saturday August 22, we will travel to Riverside Reservoir in Weld County. Riverside, one of the Big Six reservoirs along the South Platte River as it heads northeast toward Nebraska, is privately owned and generally closed to the public. However, CFO has obtained access for a group on August 22nd. Riverside is typically one of the first reservoirs to be drawn down in late summer, so even when other spots are still filled to the brim with no shorebird habitat, this spot can be hopping! Plus there is some excellent riparian habitat below the Riverside dam that will host interesting migrants at this time of year. The trip will depart at 6:00 a.m. from the park and ride at US 287 and Niwot Road in Boulder County south of Longmont and return by 6:00 p.m. If you would like to join this CFO trip, please contact Bill Kaempfer (kaemp...@colorado.edu<mailto:kaemp...@colorado.edu>) to reserve a spot. Last year's CFO convention in Sterling was hugely successful for birders seeking shorebirds, migrants and rarities of the eastern Colorado plains. This year we are repeating the experience with an overnight trip to Sterling on August 29th and 30th. Bill Kaempfer and John Vanderpoel will lead this trip visiting spots like Jackson, Prewitt, North Sterling and Jumbo Reservoirs as well as Red Lion and Tamarack State Wildlife Areas. Expect 120 to 130 shorebirds, raptors, sparrow, gulls, terns and eastern migrants over the two days. The trip is limited to 12 people, so please contact Bill Kaempfer at kaemp...@colorado.edu<mailto:kaemp...@colorado.edu> for more information and to reserve a spot. Bill Kaempfer Boulder -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/BY1PR0301MB084067125B237BE701D4CAC7E1850%40BY1PR0301MB0840.namprd03.prod.outlook.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
