November 15, 8:00 a.m. – Field Trip: Laramie Plains Lakes
This is a free event open to the public. Everyone, no matter what your birding skills, is invited.
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 8:00 a.m. and drive to Laramie. From there we will drive southwest to head to a series of lakes.
At some of the lakes we will take short hikes over rough ground, birding as we go. We should see a variety of migrating waterfowl. Rarities often seem to make appearances on these lakes.
Bring lunch or snacks and water. Be sure to dress for variable weather. Bring binoculars if you have them. The more eyes we have, the more birds we will see. We should be back to Cheyenne no later than 4 p.m.
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.

NOVEMBER 18, 6:30 p.m. – Program: Feather Trails-A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds
Sophie Osborn will join us via Zoom. This is a free event open to the public. Everyone is invited to the Willow Room, Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave.

Sophie A. H. Osborn is an award-winning environmental writer and wildlife biologist whose work has included the study and conservation of more than a dozen bird species in the Americas. She contributed to reintroduction efforts for several endangered birds and served as the field manager for the California Condor Recovery Program in Arizona for four years.

Her first book, Condors in Canyon Country, won the 2007 National Outdoor Book Award for Nature and the Environment. Reviewers for the American Birding Association (ABA) chose her second book, Feather Trails, as their favorite bird book of 2024.

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If you are unable to attend the meeting in the library, use the following information to join us on Zoom:

Time: Nov 18, 2025 06:30 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)  /  Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85418680424?pwd=F3zVx8hIZdEwxsusJQNYPVpErF2qlf.1

 Meeting ID: 854 1868 0424       Passcode: 457483

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November 25, 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.

November 28, 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.

December 20 – Cheyenne Christmas Bird Count
Mark that on your calendar and look for details in next month’s newsletter.