Members of the Weminuche Audubon Society chapter are extending an invite to the individuals of Archuleta County to assist us depend birds for this yr’s Christmas Bird Count, Audubon’s 124th annual census of winter birds.
Volunteer assistance is crucial to the success of this annual occasion. Participants don’t have to be skilled birders; we welcome participation from all group members, and guests.
In preparation for the depend, Keith Bruno, Audubon Rockies Southwest Community Naturalist, will lead us in three hen identification lessons to overview species that we might encounter right here in the course of the winter. Classes are scheduled for Wednesday evenings, starting tomorrow, November 29, and persevering with with classed on December 6 and December 13 on the Community United Methodist Church on Lewis Street, beginning promptly at 6pm and be executed by 8pm.
The top notch will cowl waterfowl in time to go to native waterways and check your identification abilities.
On December 16, groups will cut up as much as file all the birds that we determine by sight or sound in our native depend circle, following protocols established by the National Audubon Society.
The Pagosa Springs depend is performed inside a 15-mile-diameter circle, divided into eight zones, and centered on Trujillo Road close to downtown. Areas coated embrace city; about 6 miles east; most of Pagosa Lakes together with Meadows subdivisions; west to Elk Park, Alpha, Rockridge, Timber Ridge, Mill Creek and Holiday Acres areas; Snowball, Cemetery and the primary a part of Fourmile Road; Loma Linda; south to the Lower Blanco space; Trujillo Road to Burns Canyon; and areas in between. It’s a number of floor to cowl in sooner or later.
If you reside throughout the depend circle, you can too take part by counting birds at your feeders utilizing the varieties supplied, or tell us that we’re welcome to cease by and tally what we see in your yard. Please preserve your hen feeders full that day.
For additional data on the depend or to enroll as a volunteer, e-mail [email protected].
Be part of this necessary endeavor carried out by individuals similar to you all throughout the Western Hemisphere.
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