April CHPAS Calendar

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Happy Migration Period to all Birders! Lots going on this month as always. For more details about all of our activities, please view our April issue of “Flyer“.

April 18, 6:30 a.m. – Field Trip: Sage Grouse Lek Viewing
Game and Fish headquarters, 5400 Bishop Boulevard, Cheyenne.
(Use the parking lot on the east side of the building).

Greater Sage Grouse. Photo by Pete Arnold

We will leave the Game & Fish Headquarters at 6:30 a.m. and drive about 40 miles to the lek in Roger Canyon. Carpooling should be available but check with Grant (see below) if you will need a ride.
Our field trips are free and open to the public. Anyone interested in birds is welcome.
We expect to be back in Cheyenne by 1:00 p.m. Be sure to bring water, some snacks for yourself and dress for changing weather.
If you are interested in going, contact Grant Frost, 307-343-2024, so that he has a list of those expected, and he can let you know if the plans change for any reason like bad weather.

April 21, 4:30 p.m. – No-host dinner with speaker Vicki Herren
L’Osteria Mondello, 1507 Stillwater Ave, Cheyenne.
Please let Barb Gorges know if you are planning to join us for dinner so that we can reserve enough room at the restaurant. Text or email Barb at 307-287-4952 or bgorges4@msn.com.

April 21, 6:00 p.m. – Cheyenne Audubon program – Armchair birding in southern Peru with Vicki Herren
Trout Room at the Game and Fish headquarters, 5400 Bishop Boulevard, Cheyenne.
Use the parking lot and door on the east side of the building and come in the door there.

Cheyenne Audubon invites the public for a free talk by Vicki Herren, “Armchair birding in Southern Peru.” The talk will be April 21, 6 p.m., in the Trout Room at the Wyoming Game and Fish Department headquarters, 5400 Bishop Boulevard. For more information, check out the April issue of “Flyer“.

April 24, 7:00 a.m. – Country Club Bird Survey
Contact Vicki Herren to be on the email notice list: 307-256-2043 or Vickiblue@hotmail.com. The count will start in the Country Club’s clubhouse’s main parking lot. These outings are free and open to everyone, but please let Vicki know you are coming.

April 28, 6:00 p.m. – Monthly Board Meeting
Contact us, cheyenneaudubon@gmail.com, if you would like to attend and participate in helping to plan chapter activities, or if you are interested in volunteering in some of our activities. This meeting will be held at the Laramie County Library in the Sage Room.

March CHPAS Calendar

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March 17, 6:00 p.m. – Cheyenne Audubon program – Elizabeth Wommack, PhD on Vulture Watch Wyoming

Location: Trout Room at the Wyoming Game and Fish headquarters, 5400 Bishop Boulevard, Cheyenne. (Use the parking lot and door on the east side of the building).

Turkey Vulture: Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Wommack

Cheyenne Audubon invites the public for a free talk by Elizabeth Wommack on Turkey Vultures in Wyoming and the community science project, “Vulture Watch Wyoming,” to learn more about them. The talk will also provide training for identifying and aging Turkey Vultures, and discuss why they are important to the ecosystem in Wyoming, and the history of our understanding of these vultures in the state. Everyone attending will be able to help Vulture Watch Wyoming to collect observations and counts.

Read more about this month’s presentation in the March issue of Flyer.

March 17, 4:30 p.m. We will have a no-host dinner with the speaker at Hacienda Guadalajara, 317 E Lincolnway, Cheyenne, WY 82001 at 4:30 p.m.

Please let Barb Gorges know if you are planning to join us for dinner so that we can reserve enough room at the restaurant. Text or email Barb at 307-287-4952 or bgorges4@msn.com.

March 24, 6:00 p.m. – Monthly Board Meeting

Contact us, cheyenneaudubon@gmail.com, if you would like to attend and participate in helping to plan chapter activities, or if you are interested in volunteering in some of our activities. This meeting will be held at the Laramie County Library in the Sage Room

March 27, 8:00 a.m. – Country Club Bird Survey

Contact Vicki Herren to be on the email notice list: 307-256-2043 or Vickiblue@hotmail.com. The count will start in the Country Club’s clubhouse’s main parking lot. These outings are free and open to everyone, but please let Vicki know you are coming.

March 28, 1:00 p.m. – “The Lives of Sandhill Cranes” at the Goshen County Public Library (2001 E. A St, Torrington) – a special presentation by Senior Wildlife Biologist Grant Frost for our members and friends in Goshen and Platte Counties! Maps to Table Mountain will be available following the presentation for those who wish to join our field trip later that day.

March 28, 3:00 p.m. – Field Trip: Table Mountain Wildlife Management Area: Sandhill Crane Migration

Sandhill Cranes. Photo by Kurt Warmbier.

We will leave the Lions Park parking lot south of the Children’s Village at 3 p.m. Carpooling should be available but check with Grant (see below) if you will need a ride. Our field trips are free and open to the public. Anyone interested in birds is welcome.

We will rendezvous at about 4:15 p.m. at the check station on Co. Rd. 42, about 3/4 mile west of US 85 and the Pheasant Farm. We are going to Table Mountain to watch Sandhill Cranes return in flocks to their nighttime roosting area after they spend the day feeding in grain fields. We will also be looking for migrating waterfowl along the way.

More information about this popular field trip are included in the March issue of Flyer! Be sure to let Grant Frost know if you are interested in joining us so that he can contact you if plans change due to inclement weather, etc.

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Remember our AARP Virtual Birdwatching Series that begins on March 27th and runs through the month of April. You don’t have to be a member of AARP to participate. Look for more information in the March Flyer.

February CHPAS Calendar

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Red-breasted nuthatch. Photo by Kirk Miller

February 13-16 – Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC)
From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Spend time in your favorite places watching birds—then tell us about them! Join us in this world-wide event. Bird and nature lovers everywhere unite in the effort to tally as many of the world’s bird species as possible over four days in February.
In as little as 15 minutes, notice the birds around you. Identify them, count them, and submit your counts to help scientists better understand and protect birds around the world. If you already use eBird or Merlin, your submissions over the 4 days count toward GBBC.

You’re also invited to tune in to a special webinar about how to participate in the GBBC. Register for one of two free events happening on Thursday, February 5, at 1 p.m. Mountain or Wednesday, February 11, 5 p.m. Mountain. Register here.
For all the information about the GBBC, go to: https://www.birdcount.org.

February 17, 6:00 p.m. – Program: Sharon Udasin, co-author “Poisoning the Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America”, in the Sunflower Room of the Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave, Cheyenne.

Cheyenne Audubon invites the public for a free lecture by environment reporter and author Sharon Udasin about how forever chemicals, like PFAS, have contaminated America.

Udasin, of Boulder, Colorado, will present her new book, “Poisoning the Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America,” which traces an ugly history of corporate greed, military impunity and community devastation, based on original reporting in four highly contaminated places — including Colorado Springs. The book introduces readers to people who, while fighting for their own lives, take action to fix a broken regulatory system. The talk will be followed by discussion with Udasin and Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities water treatment division manager Clint Bassett. More information about this talk is available in the February issue of Flyer.

We will have a no-host dinner with the speaker at Hacienda Guadalajara, 317 E Lincolnway, Cheyenne, WY 82001 at 4:30 p.m. Please let Barb Gorges know if you are planning to join us for dinner so that we can reserve enough room at the restaurant. Text or email Barb at 307-287-4952 or bgorges4@msn.com.

February 21, 9:00 a.m. – Field Trip: Curt Gowdy State Park

This is a free event open to the public. Everyone, no matter what your birding skills, is invited to join us.

We will meet at the Lions Park parking lot between the Children’s Village at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens and the picnic shelter. We will leave the park at 9:00 a.m. and drive to Curt Gowdy. Then, meeting at the visitor’s center, we will decide where to hike for a couple of hours.

We should be back in Cheyenne no later than 1 p.m., but if you drive, you can leave whenever you need to.

If you are interested in going, contact Grant Frost, 307-343-2024, so that he has a list of those expected, and he can let you know if the plans change for any reason like bad weather. Please let him know if you will need a ride from Cheyenne and back. More information about the types of birds that we may see in the February issue of Flyer.

February 24, 6:00 p.m. – Monthly Board Meeting

February 27, 8:00 a.m. – Country Club Bird Survey

Contact Grant Frost to be on his email notice list: 307-343-2024 or FrostGrant2@gmail.com. The count will start in the Country Club’s clubhouse’s main parking lot. These outings are free and open to everyone, but please let Grant know you are coming.

January CHPAS Calendar

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January 17, 9:00 a.m. – Field Trip: Raptor Alley, Nunn, CO
This is a free event open to the public. Everyone, no matter what your birding skills, is invited to join us.
We will meet at the Lions Park parking lot between the Children’s Village at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens and the picnic shelter. We will leave the park at 9:00 a.m. and drive to Nunn, CO, about 38 miles and 40 minutes south of Cheyenne. There we will meet at Soaring V Fuels, at the southwest corner of Weld County Road 100 and the South Greeley Highway. From there we will drive county roads looking for raptors.
We should see Red-tailed, Rough-legged and Ferruginous Hawks among others including Bald Eagles and a variety of smaller birds.

Bring lunch or snacks and water. Be sure to dress for variable weather. Bring binoculars and spotting scopes if you have them. The more eyes we have, the more birds we will see.
We should be back in Cheyenne no later than 4 p.m., but if you drive, you can leave whenever you need to.
If you are interested in going, contact Grant Frost, 307-343-2024, so that he has a list of those expected, and he can let you know if the plans change for any reason like bad weather. Please let him know if you will need a ride from Cheyenne and back.

January 20, 6:00 p.m. – Program: “Using Rejuvra to Manage Invasive Annual Grasses (Cheatgrass): Key Characteristics, Best Practices, and Encouraging Ecological Outcomes,” in the Cottonwood Room of the Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave, Cheyenne.
Rejuvra is a highly-effective pre-emergent herbicide for managing invasive annual grasses in rangelands and natural areas. This presentation will highlight key herbicide characteristics, introduce essential best practices for implementation, and review recent research demonstrating the ecological benefits associated with effective annual grass management.
Jake Courkamp (at right) is a range scientist working in the Restoration Ecology Lab at Colorado State University. His research and outreach activities focus on evaluating, refining, and advancing weed management practices, along with measuring the ecological outcomes associated with effective weed and invasive plant control.

Jan. 20 – No-host dinner with speaker Jake Courkamp at 4:30 p.m. at 2 Doors Down, 118 E. 17^th Street. Please RSVP Barb Gorges, 307-287-4952 or bgorges4@msn.com.

January 27, 6:00 p.m. – Monthly Board Meeting
Contact us, cheyenneaudubon@gmail.com, if you would like to attend and participate in helping to plan chapter activities, or if you are interested in volunteering in some of our activities. This meeting will be held at the Laramie County Library in the Windflower Room

January 30, 8:00 a.m. – Country Club Bird Survey
Contact Chuck Seniawski to be on his email notice list: 307-638-6519 or chuckski@aol.com. The count will start in the Country Club’s clubhouse’s main parking lot. These outings are free and open to everyone, but please let Chuck know you are coming.