Cheyenne Audubon October calendar
Barb Gorges
October 10, registration deadline for:
October 18, 10:00 a.m. – Creepy Crawly Critters Birds Like to Eat and Beginner's Family Bird Walk
Cheyenne Audubon invites kids and their adults to learn about “Creepy, Crawly Critters Birds Like to Eat” and a “Beginner’s Family Bird Walk” for free Oct. 18, 10 a.m. – noon at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens Children’s Village. Please register by Oct. 10 at https://forms.gle/hrpPhpqWyMcpz9z36 (limit 30 participants) to receive a free Creepy, Crawly Critters coloring book and other goodies.
For more information about the Cheyenne – High Plains Audubon Society, please visit https://cheyenneaudubon.org/.
October 18, 10:00 a.m. – Field Trip: Meet the new bird signs at Lions Park
Cheyenne Audubon invites everyone for a free bird walk Oct. 18, 10 a.m. – noon, around Lions Park for an introduction to the chapter’s three new signs about birds and also to look for migrating birds. No bird watching experience is required.
Meet at the parking lot between the Children’s Village at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens and the picnic shelter. Expect to walk around the lake, about 1 mile, to view the signs. Bring water and dress for variable weather. Bring binoculars if you have them. Register with Grant Frost, 307-343-2024, to be notified of any changes in case of bad weather.
The three signs were developed and purchased by the chapter and installed by the City of Cheyenne. Lions Park has been a designated Wyoming Important Bird Area for more than 20 years and the signs explain the bird and wildlife connections: “Duck, Duck, Goose…And So Much More”, “The Trees That Keep on Giving” and “A Place for Pollinators.” The signs are located along the walk that circles the lake, starting at the beach.
For more information about the Cheyenne – High Plains Audubon Society, please visit https://cheyenneaudubon.org/.
October 21, 6:30 p.m. – Program: The bird photographer's life
Cheyenne Audubon presents bird photographer Rob Palmer for a free talk Oct. 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the Cottonwood Room at the Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave.
Palmer, from Colorado, will give us a peek in his life as a bird photographer, beginning at age 12 with a Polaroid, through his study of birds, especially raptors, and his jump into fulltime bird photography which has resulted in photos in Audubon Magazine, Nature's Best, National Wildlife, and BBC Wildlife and other publications. He offers guided photography tours and lessons, and prints of his photos, https://www.falconphotos.com/.
For more information about the Cheyenne – High Plains Audubon Society, please visit https://cheyenneaudubon.org/.
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