Cheyenne Audubon May events
Barb Gorges
Cheyenne Audubon bluebird nest box monitoring training May 8
Volunteers are needed to help Cheyenne Audubon members monitor 16 bluebird nest boxes at the High Plains Arboretum. A 1.5-hour training session will be held May 8, 6 p.m., beginning at the Arboretum parking lot, 8301 Hildreth Road, visiting all the nest boxes.
Contact Kirk Miller, 307-630-3238, kamil...@gmail.com, if you plan to participate so that we can let you know if plans change. Kirk can also provide directions and more information.
Each survey takes about an hour and involves 1.5 miles of walking mostly on flat gravel roads and prairie grass and some unmown tall grass. Volunteers coordinate to complete the surveys weekly over the spring and summer. Surveys are usually completed in the morning on a day during the week or weeks a volunteer has signed up for.
For more information about this and other Cheyenne Audubon activities, please visit www.cheyenneaudubon.org.
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Cheyenne Audubon First Big Day Bird Count for Platte and Goshen Counties May 10
Cheyenne – High Plains Audubon Society is organizing a Big Day Bird Count for the first time in Platte and Goshen counties on May 10. A guided group will meet at the Guernsey Fish Ponds at 9 a.m. and walk the paved path between there and the Platte River. People new to birdwatching, families, and anyone with mobility issues, is welcome. Binoculars will be available.
This Big Day is being held on the same day as Global Big Day and International Migratory Bird Day. Anyone birdwatching anywhere during the 24 hours of May 10 can contribute to the survey of birds. For Platte and Goshen counties, if you are interested in participating, please contact Grant Frost at 307-343-2024 (call or text) to give him an idea of who is participating. Results can be entered through eBird, or lists can be sent to him at the end of the day.
For more information about this and other Cheyenne Audubon activities, please visit www.cheyenneaudubon.org.
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Cheyenne Audubon May 12 Birding 101 Class with Laramie County Library
Cheyenne Audubon members are teaching “Birding 101” May 12 at 6 p.m. in the Sunflower Room at Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. The hour-long class is free and open to the public.
It will cover basic bird identification strategies, tips, local bird species and how to use tools such as binoculars, field guides and apps including Merlin and eBird.
For questions or more information, contact Kirk Miller, 307-630-3238 or kamil...@gmail.com.
For more information about other Cheyenne Audubon activities, please visit www.cheyenneaudubon.org.
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Cheyenne Audubon Big Day Bird Count to be held May 17
Cheyenne Audubon members invite birdwatchers of every level to participate in the Cheyenne Big Day Bird Count May 17. Join members at 8 a.m. at Lions Park in the parking lot between the Children’s Village and the picnic shelter/restrooms. Or if joining the group later, call Mark, 307-287-4953, for a location update.
The group will walk around Lions Park and then head for the Wyoming Hereford Ranch before going to the High Plains Arboretum about lunchtime, finishing about 3 p.m. Bring water, lunch and appropriate clothing. Participants may leave at any time if providing their own transportation. Some carpooling may be available.
Any bird observations made in Laramie County during the 24 hours of May 17 can be reported through the eBird app or by contacting count compiler Grant Frost, 307-343-2024 (call or text).
For more information about this and other Cheyenne Audubon activities, please visit www.cheyenneaudubon.org.
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Cheyenne Audubon program May 20, 6:30 p.m.: Chris Madson, “From the Grass Up”
Cheyenne Audubon invites the
public for a free program, May 20 at 6:30 p.m. in the Cottonwood Room at the
Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave., featuring guest speaker Chris
Madson.
Chris, the retired, long-time,
award-winning editor of Wyoming Wildlife magazine, will re-give his May 2024
Cheyenne-High Plains Audubon banquet talk, “From the Grass Up" that leads
us through the fascinating history of the Audubon movement and highlights the
Wyoming conservationists, such as Frank Bond, who were important in the early
Audubon Society.
Chris's talk will be professionally
recorded and archived for public access at the Wyoming Heritage Center.
For more information about this and other Cheyenne Audubon activities, please visit www.cheyenneaudubon.org.
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