2 SPOTS AVAILABLE: 6/8-10 PRAIRIE IMMERSION WEEKEND
Pam Piombino
I have one room available, with 2 twin beds, so I will need to sell these last places to a couple, two women, two men or two good friends. Please email me back if you are interested.
Prairie Perambulations: Grasslands Immersion Weekend
- Semi-Arid Grasslands Research Center
DATE: 2 p.m. Friday, June 8 to 2 p.m. Sunday, June 10
2 SPOTS OPENED LIMITED TO: 16
DONATION: $300 per person, including 2 nights lodging and all meals and drinks
MULTIPLE LEADERS
Dave Leatherman, Birds including loggerhead shrikes
Mike Weissman & Rachel Williams, Insects
Pam Smith, Botany, Paul Opler, Evening moth lighting
John Spencer, Evening astronomy
Dave Sutherland, Mammals
We will make use of the lovely facilities at the Semi-Arid Grasslands Research Station, where we will spend a weekend exploring prairie denizens and their ecosystems. You will have the opportunity to discover and understand many facets of the seemingly austere lands that comprise eastern Colorado, when in fact they provide abundant habitats and fascinating adaptive strategies. We have assembled a team of knowledgeable experts who will enlighten us about the complex web that is the short grass prairie.
The lark bunting will be in full song and we hope to hear the haunting call of the long-billed curlew as it defines its territory. The loggerhead shrikes will be festooning barbed wire with their come-hither offerings for females and you will learn of the plants that they rely on for successful nesting. You will be surprised and delighted when flipping sheltering cow pies to understand how important they are to the food chain. We will light up a sheet to view nocturnal insects and, “night butterflies” (moths) that appear when dark settles in and then turn our eyes to the stars with an astronomer.
Your donation will cover 2 days/2 nights of lodging, meals and drinks. All rooms have two twin beds and one bathroom per two bedrooms. You must share unless you want to pay the entire fee.