Birds and Pollinators
"[Birds]...have the ability to replace old brain cells with new ones just when they're needed most."
- Jennifer Ackerman, The Genius of Birds.
- Jennifer Ackerman, The Genius of Birds.
A fierce little ball of feathers AKA a Northern Pygmy Owl [OwlPag.es/NorthernPygmyOwl]
Photo taken in British Columbia, Canada by A Bucci Photography.
Photo taken in British Columbia, Canada by A Bucci Photography.
https://www.audubon.org/news/climate-change-or-habitat-loss-new-study-weighs-which-influences-birds-more?ms=digital-eng-social-facebook-x-20220100-nas_eng&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=20220100_nas_eng&fbclid=IwAR093FdA43UP0mp6R4MJihCJp-101jG9sgTgaEbJgvCDUf_KRn1AFNZFopI
Bumble Bee Watch https://www.bumblebeewatch.org/?fbclid=IwAR1jGrSuH0sjnkNEGSv0HbeXpWJpnqT4uwvFMbi2C35pf5JKHyv_BqBprKc
Bees of North America https://www.facebook.com/groups/100348733362542/
Bees of North America https://www.facebook.com/groups/100348733362542/
What's this Bird? - American Birding Association (ABA) https://www.facebook.com/groups/whatsthisbird/ Wyoming Bird https://www.facebook.com/groups/403337446664409/permalink/512162925781860/?
Pollinator Gardening https://www.facebook.com/groups/129418800986988/?multi_permalinks=890623944866466%2C889849164943944¬if_id=1621132336221686¬if_t=group_activity&ref=notif
Gardening for Pollinators and Wildlife Conservation https://www.facebook.com/groups/gardenforwildlife/?multi_permalinks=916035772584741%2C915135242674794%2C914783602709958%2C914772096044442%2C914086656112986¬if_id=1620949447416089¬if_t=group_activity&ref=notif
Bird Identification Basics North America https://www.facebook.com/groups/birdingschool/?multi_permalinks=5855401607818240%2C5850336238324777%2C5850287768329624%2C5846363385388729%2C5845867492104985¬if_id=1621011796463345¬if_t=group_activity&ref=notif
Gardening for Pollinators and Wildlife Conservation https://www.facebook.com/groups/gardenforwildlife/?multi_permalinks=916035772584741%2C915135242674794%2C914783602709958%2C914772096044442%2C914086656112986¬if_id=1620949447416089¬if_t=group_activity&ref=notif
Bird Identification Basics North America https://www.facebook.com/groups/birdingschool/?multi_permalinks=5855401607818240%2C5850336238324777%2C5850287768329624%2C5846363385388729%2C5845867492104985¬if_id=1621011796463345¬if_t=group_activity&ref=notif
American Birding Association https://www.facebook.com/groups/whatsthisbird/
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
For the Love of Crows https://www.facebook.com/groups/288550554595317/?multi_permalinks=4028632113920457¬if_id=1621256174988607¬if_t=group_highlights&ref=notif
For the Love of Crows https://www.facebook.com/groups/288550554595317/?multi_permalinks=4028632113920457¬if_id=1621256174988607¬if_t=group_highlights&ref=notif
eBird https://ebird.org/home
Lights Out to Protect Migratory Birds
Every spring and fall, billions of birds migrate through the U.S., mostly under the cover of darkness. This mass movement of birds must contend with a pervasive but largely unrecognized threat: light pollution. Find out how artificial light endangers migratory birds and learn how you can help with Lights Out Project Coordinator Julia Wang. Watch the Lights Out talk.
Mapping Migration with eBird
Want to know when a particular bird species will be migrating through your area? Learn how to use the eBird Status and Trends maps and see how they are created with Cornell Lab GIS Developer Tom Auer. Watch the Mapping Migration talk.
Migration Celebration Recordings and Resources
https://mailchi.mp/birds/migration-celebration-recordings?e=12f691bccd
Coastal Solutions: the Shorebird Crisis and Community Building
Shorebird population declines represent the world’s number one bird conservation crisis. Program Director Osvel Hinojosa-Huerta moderates this discussion with three Coastal Solutions Fellows doing their work along the Pacific Americas Flyway in Guatemala, Colombia, and Chile. Watch the Coastal Solutions talk.
Here's how to apply to be a Coastal Solutions Fellow: https://en.solucionescosteras.org/become-a-fellow-2019/
Media That Matters: Natural History Filmmaking
Together we watched a film by the Conservation Media team about the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Following the screening, the team explains what goes into creating a natural history film. Download this family-friendly activity with tips from professionals on how to create your own film at home! View the screening and discussion.
Every spring and fall, billions of birds migrate through the U.S., mostly under the cover of darkness. This mass movement of birds must contend with a pervasive but largely unrecognized threat: light pollution. Find out how artificial light endangers migratory birds and learn how you can help with Lights Out Project Coordinator Julia Wang. Watch the Lights Out talk.
Mapping Migration with eBird
Want to know when a particular bird species will be migrating through your area? Learn how to use the eBird Status and Trends maps and see how they are created with Cornell Lab GIS Developer Tom Auer. Watch the Mapping Migration talk.
Migration Celebration Recordings and Resources
https://mailchi.mp/birds/migration-celebration-recordings?e=12f691bccd
Coastal Solutions: the Shorebird Crisis and Community Building
Shorebird population declines represent the world’s number one bird conservation crisis. Program Director Osvel Hinojosa-Huerta moderates this discussion with three Coastal Solutions Fellows doing their work along the Pacific Americas Flyway in Guatemala, Colombia, and Chile. Watch the Coastal Solutions talk.
Here's how to apply to be a Coastal Solutions Fellow: https://en.solucionescosteras.org/become-a-fellow-2019/
Media That Matters: Natural History Filmmaking
Together we watched a film by the Conservation Media team about the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Following the screening, the team explains what goes into creating a natural history film. Download this family-friendly activity with tips from professionals on how to create your own film at home! View the screening and discussion.
Audubon
Adopt an Egret
https://gifts.audubon.org/adoption-center/great-egret&ms=digital-fund-social-facebook-adoption-20200900_greategret_adoption_rt?fbclid=IwAR25e11WsBUJIRiikbI1DwkF2CALYoLJku65tN0CNSGSnxx6Uv22aYiOYB8
https://gifts.audubon.org/adoption-center/great-egret&ms=digital-fund-social-facebook-adoption-20200900_greategret_adoption_rt?fbclid=IwAR25e11WsBUJIRiikbI1DwkF2CALYoLJku65tN0CNSGSnxx6Uv22aYiOYB8
US Climate Resilence Toolkit
https://toolkit.climate.gov
https://toolkit.climate.gov
Brainiacs, not birdbrains: Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primarily human attribute, by SHARON BEGLEY @sxbegle. SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
https://www.statnews.com/2020/09/24/crows-possess-higher-intelligence-long-thought-primarily-human/?fbclid=IwAR2Dp6DtB7mviYMTBd6s_a0pDoM2y-rBOTBPfeDdPzoP9Z8Q-OMKhrQpDIY
https://www.statnews.com/2020/09/24/crows-possess-higher-intelligence-long-thought-primarily-human/?fbclid=IwAR2Dp6DtB7mviYMTBd6s_a0pDoM2y-rBOTBPfeDdPzoP9Z8Q-OMKhrQpDIY
this webinar will be archived here by tomorrow afternoon: https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/live-events/
View captions by clicking this link: https://2020archive.1capapp.com/session/193352/view
Today's webinar is part of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s 2-week-long Migration Celebration event! Find more live events, articles and resources about bird migration here: https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home/visit/migration-celebration-2020/
More about the 3 Billion birds research: https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home/bring-birds-back/
Coastal Solutions: https://en.solucionescosteras.org/
Yes. It will be archived on this website: https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/live-events/
Today's webinar is part of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s 2-week-long Migration Celebration event! Find more live events, articles and resources about bird migration here: https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home/visit/migration-celebration-2020/
More about the 3 Billion birds research: https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home/bring-birds-back/
Coastal Solutions: https://en.solucionescosteras.org/
Yes. It will be archived on this website: https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/live-events/
Flocking Around
https://www.flockingaround.com/post/what-killed-the-birds-in-new-mexico?fbclid=IwAR3dYH7jRke5Eh-Dj4oAhn7F3_csk40oPs0EuUImPnDq3M-rJb_WRJqCYrA
https://www.flockingaround.com/post/what-killed-the-birds-in-new-mexico?fbclid=IwAR3dYH7jRke5Eh-Dj4oAhn7F3_csk40oPs0EuUImPnDq3M-rJb_WRJqCYrA
I took photography classes from Nathan Lyons, Ansel Adams's assistant. You know, zone system. a long time ago. Now, with digital photography, I don't sweat the small stuff. Well, zone system is big stuff, obviously, so bought the zone system manual for digital photography. I discovered the digital zone system takes $$$$$! So, most of my shots are shit (shit-shots) and a few are amazing. The point is to photograph and enjoy, and be pleased with the good and even amazing shots. Your photo here is beautiful. I think anyone who critiques another's photos and doesn't simply enjoy them is full of shit. David Allen Sibley said in an I Saw a Bird webinar (Audubon), "just get the shot and enjoy. Even if all you have is your smart phone." BTW, at this webinar, Sibley took part in the contest to identify birds in totally blurred photos. That was fun!
Sage Grouse in Wyoming
Biologists counted more sage-grouse on leks in northeast Wyoming this year, but the number of active leks dropped. COVID-19 also limited the survey effort. Learn why lek counts aren’t the only important measure of this species’ health.
http://www.buffalobulletin.com/news/article_66560142-ee07-11ea-be9c-97baa5f04886.html?fbclid=IwAR19KG0TJ-iqY-WnxFmDmF9v6Cy-7Mc7B9qGPLezbWa7r-ngrjTzggHgC9k
Biologists counted more sage-grouse on leks in northeast Wyoming this year, but the number of active leks dropped. COVID-19 also limited the survey effort. Learn why lek counts aren’t the only important measure of this species’ health.
http://www.buffalobulletin.com/news/article_66560142-ee07-11ea-be9c-97baa5f04886.html?fbclid=IwAR19KG0TJ-iqY-WnxFmDmF9v6Cy-7Mc7B9qGPLezbWa7r-ngrjTzggHgC9k
Audubon for Kids
Are you a parent or educator looking for ways to teach and entertain kids virtually this fall? Check out our Community Naturalist resources for games and activities! https://buff.ly/2Zmdxau
Are you a parent or educator looking for ways to teach and entertain kids virtually this fall? Check out our Community Naturalist resources for games and activities! https://buff.ly/2Zmdxau
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/16/birds-falling-out-of-the-sky-in-mass-die-off-in-south-western-us-aoe?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1
5 Surprising Things About Bees on World Bee Day (May 20) https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/20/world/world-bee-day-2021-five-things-scn/index.html?utm_term=1621506358596b6208d2c3cd8&utm_source=cnn_Five+Things+for+Thursday%2C+May+20%2C+2021&utm_medium=email&bt_ee=bs3vmNf2ynlVmPtfksitoVST9UdrvgJkZmzBI89nkfzEVrURzEE0ezliKlgyWRDd&bt_ts=1621506358598
The Pollinator Partnership See the fifty four locations. 12/13/2019. Pollinator Parnership helps people protect pollinators to ensure healthy ecosystems and food security. The Pollinator Partnership’s mission is to promote the health of pollinators, critical to food and ecosystems, through conservation, education, and research. Their signature initiatives include the NAPPC (North American Pollinator Protection Campaign), National Pollinator Week, and the Ecoregional Planting Guides, which this page will help you to get started with in your community.
Gardening for Pollinators and Wildlife Conservation Facebook Page
Wild Snakes : Education & Discussion Facebook
New Audubon Science: Half of Colorado’s Bird Species at Risk of Extinction Due to Climate Change. Enter your zip code into Audubon’s Birds and Climate Visualizer to see how climate change will impact your birds and your community and ways you can help.
https://rockies.audubon.org/news/survival-by-degrees-colorado
Cornell Ornithology Lab
Habitat Hero Cheyenne Audubon
Bee Basics USDA
Native Bees of North America
Bob Noble's Facebook Page
Bird Identification Basics North America
Audubon's Better Know a Bird
BirdCast (The Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Watch for migration patterns with this live migration map.
Ms. Mama Mallard and her ten little ducklings on the Gibbon River in Yellowstone, June 29, 2020.
David Allen Sibley, "What It's Like To Be A Bird"
A birder since childhood, Sibley is an ornithologist and the award-winning author and illustrator of perhaps the most comprehensive avian field guide available, The Sibley Guide to Birds. His new book, geared for novice and younger birders as well as more experienced naturalists, is a beautiful large-format volume that focuses on more than 200 species, ranging from familiar backyard visitors like blue jays, nuthatches, and chickadees, to seashore favorites such as the Atlantic puffin. In each entry Sibley answers frequently asked questions, presents details about behavior that have not previously been gathered in one place, and provides precise, colorful drawings—some reproduced in life size—of birds in action.
On Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx4iYcBeshI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K3pk-PoC2Q
A birder since childhood, Sibley is an ornithologist and the award-winning author and illustrator of perhaps the most comprehensive avian field guide available, The Sibley Guide to Birds. His new book, geared for novice and younger birders as well as more experienced naturalists, is a beautiful large-format volume that focuses on more than 200 species, ranging from familiar backyard visitors like blue jays, nuthatches, and chickadees, to seashore favorites such as the Atlantic puffin. In each entry Sibley answers frequently asked questions, presents details about behavior that have not previously been gathered in one place, and provides precise, colorful drawings—some reproduced in life size—of birds in action.
On Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx4iYcBeshI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K3pk-PoC2Q
Audubon & Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Rockies River News News and opportunities affecting Colorado's rivers
https://rockies.audubon.org/Programs/western-rivers/river-news
https://rockies.audubon.org/Programs/western-rivers/river-news
Wildland Restoration Volunteers
https://rockies.audubon.org/blog/rivers/get-outside-and-lend-hand-rivers?ms=rockies-eng-social-facebook-x-20200803_rivers_volunteers_link&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=20200803_rivers_volunteers&utm_content=link&fbclid=IwAR3uq-TeLsQVprUywAOddprFWn6MYCrAiYsjA_s3u3QAIv3xHNGKQXm1FOM
https://rockies.audubon.org/blog/rivers/get-outside-and-lend-hand-rivers?ms=rockies-eng-social-facebook-x-20200803_rivers_volunteers_link&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=20200803_rivers_volunteers&utm_content=link&fbclid=IwAR3uq-TeLsQVprUywAOddprFWn6MYCrAiYsjA_s3u3QAIv3xHNGKQXm1FOM
Help us protect birds and the places they need
http://audubon.org/givenow
http://audubon.org/givenow
Meet the founder of #WorstBirdPic, Karl Mechem, on Twitter
https://twitter.com/TheIneptBirder
https://twitter.com/TheIneptBirder
I Saw a Bird Episode July 29, 2020.
This month, join David Sibley as he discusses his new book, What It's Like to Be a Bird, and takes audience questions; learn more about the 2020 Audubon Photography Awards from the judges; and play Stump the Expert with bird experts Kenn Kaufman and Purbita Saha.
https://youtube.com/nationalaudubon
This month, join David Sibley as he discusses his new book, What It's Like to Be a Bird, and takes audience questions; learn more about the 2020 Audubon Photography Awards from the judges; and play Stump the Expert with bird experts Kenn Kaufman and Purbita Saha.
https://youtube.com/nationalaudubon
I Saw A Bird: Audubon's Spring Migration Show (Episode 7) May 21, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOSJEKmt84c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOSJEKmt84c
Take a look through the top 100 photos from this year’s Audubon Photography Awards https://www.audubon.org/magazine/summer-2020/the-2020-audubon-photography-awards-top-100
Melissa Groo’s bird photography masterclass
https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/product/bir
Melissa Groo’s bird photography masterclass
https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/product/bir
Learn to draw with David Sibley
https://www.audubon.org/magazine/summer-2020/learn-draw-birds-david-sibley
https://www.audubon.org/magazine/summer-2020/learn-draw-birds-david-sibley
Keeping a Bird Journal
https://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/bwdsite/solve/howto/journal.php
https://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/bwdsite/solve/howto/journal.php
How Nature Journaling Can Make You a Better Birder If you find yourself losing interest in common birds, it might be time to start appreciating them in a new way.
https://www.audubon.org/magazine/summer-2020/how-nature-journaling-can-make-you-better-birder
https://www.audubon.org/magazine/summer-2020/how-nature-journaling-can-make-you-better-birder
iNaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/home
https://www.inaturalist.org/home
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home?__hstc=75100365.4e466c5107b3006da8e86d1509b796f3.1588091760768.1588091760768.1588091760768.1&__hssc=75100365.5.1588091760768&__hsfp=176439022#_ga=2.220940504.1947741127.1588091760-269268508.1588091760
https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home?__hstc=75100365.4e466c5107b3006da8e86d1509b796f3.1588091760768.1588091760768.1588091760768.1&__hssc=75100365.5.1588091760768&__hsfp=176439022#_ga=2.220940504.1947741127.1588091760-269268508.1588091760
Migration Celebration 2020
Each fall, the Cornell Lab Visitor Center hosts a one-day event called Migration Celebration when we open our doors to the community. This year, join us online from September 14–26 for two weeks of virtual celebration including articles, activities, and a schedule of live events. We’ll host short online talks with our migration specialists and feature family-friendly games so that even our youngest birders can join the fun.
https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home/visit/migration-celebration-2020/?fbclid=IwAR39gOJFWJR5TW1uGbTMvy4VBdqszCvFU3BLZ5dtpmIuj8fo9RjwHKAyPao
Bird Cams facebook
Great Horned Owl nest cam in Ennis, TX
macroinvertebrate identification key
inland port
rockies.audubon.org/gillmor
inland port
rockies.audubon.org/gillmor
BIRDS AND WATER Activities
Here’s a variety of indoor bird activities for all ages provided by Audubon Rockies and Cornell Lab of Ornithology:
Here’s a variety of indoor bird activities for all ages provided by Audubon Rockies and Cornell Lab of Ornithology:
- Nature Bingo, Bird Song Hero, Scavenger Hunt, Audubon Adventures, Audubon for Kids, etc. https://cheyenneaudubon.wordpress.com/2020/04/02/bird-activities-for-you-at-home/
- I Saw a Bird: Audubon’s Spring Migration Show streaming to you every Wednesday at 7p ET, from April 15 to May 20, 2020. (via Zoom and Facebook Live). Sign up for coming shows and see all the episodes as they are completed at https://www.audubon.org/news/i-saw-bird-audubons-spring-migration-show
- National Audubon Presents: Western Water Webinars on April (15th, 21st, 23rd, and 30th, 2020. You can register for the webinars at https://cheyenneaudubon.wordpress.com/2020/04/12/national-audubon-presents-western-water-webinars-in-april/
- Thursday, April 23rd and Thursday, April 30th, BIRD CHEYENNE! Walk a segment of the Cheyenne Greenway anytime between Thursday, April 23rd and Thursday, April 30th. Collect data about the birds that you see. Have fun and get great exercise then send us information about the birds that you and your family observed. To learn more about this unique birding project, check out Cheyenne-High Plains Audubon Society’s webpage where you will find all of the instructions and materials that you will need to BIRD CHEYENNE! https://cheyenneaudubon.wordpress.com/bird-cheyennes-greenway/
- May 9, 2020. Global Big Day is an annual celebration of the birds around you. Be a part of a global birding community by sharing what birds you see with eBird. Last year, 35,209 eBirders from 174 countries collected an astounding 92,284 checklists in a single day. Will you join us on Global Big Day to make 2020 the year that we surpass 100,000 checklists of birds in one day? Help us set a new checklist record! Learn more and prepare with Cornell eBird’s Global Big Day resources at the website, below. This is a resource to learn about birding around the world, year-round, too. https://ebird.org/news/global-big-day-9-may-2020?utm_source=Cornell+Lab+eNews&utm_campaign=5bb8566069-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_30_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_47588b5758-5bb8566069-324018647
- FROM PBS, aired Wednesday, April 22. Find online. Good stuff! 1) Climate Change the Facts; 2) H20: The Molecule that Made Us; 3) Follow the Water.
The Pollinators
Bee Inventory and Pollinator Lab Group by USGS Eastern Ecological Science CenterGroup by USGS Eastern Ecological Science CenterGroup by USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center
Audubon Rockies Habitat Hero Gardening webinar series.
Here is Desneige Hallbert's webinar, Pollinators 101. Desneige Hallbert is from Norris Design in. Fort Collins, Colorado.
Upcoming Online Events
As the fall planting season arrives, we’ll be sharing tips on using native plants to create habitat for birds via free live Zoom webinars each Wednesday at 7pm for the next few weeks. To see the line-up and register for these events, visit https://rockies.audubon.org/habitat-hero/events/weekly-webinars
Presentation & Resources
Attract Native Bees with a Habitat Hero Garden
CONTACT
By planting bird-friendly plants, you can provide birds with food, shelter, and a place to breed. This is the idea behind Habitat Hero, a core program of Audubon Rockies, which is a regional office of the National Audubon Society. To learn more, visit https://rockies.audubon.org/habitat-hero
Please feel free to contact me at jweiss@audubon.org or Desneige Hallbert at dhallbert@norris-design.com answer you bee questions!
Jamie Weiss
Habitat Hero Coordinator
w: 970.416.6931
c: 704.491.9125
Audubon Rockies
215 West Oak Street
Suite 2c
Fort Collins, CO 80521
rockies.audubon.org
Here is Desneige Hallbert's webinar, Pollinators 101. Desneige Hallbert is from Norris Design in. Fort Collins, Colorado.
Upcoming Online Events
As the fall planting season arrives, we’ll be sharing tips on using native plants to create habitat for birds via free live Zoom webinars each Wednesday at 7pm for the next few weeks. To see the line-up and register for these events, visit https://rockies.audubon.org/habitat-hero/events/weekly-webinars
Presentation & Resources
- Recording – Feel free to share with your friends and family!
- Presentation – See Attached
- Here's an awesome online public offering from Native Bee Watch (Colorado-centric):
- There are some really nice Bumblebee (and other native bee) identification posters through the USFS here:
- Blogs
Attract Native Bees with a Habitat Hero Garden
CONTACT
By planting bird-friendly plants, you can provide birds with food, shelter, and a place to breed. This is the idea behind Habitat Hero, a core program of Audubon Rockies, which is a regional office of the National Audubon Society. To learn more, visit https://rockies.audubon.org/habitat-hero
Please feel free to contact me at jweiss@audubon.org or Desneige Hallbert at dhallbert@norris-design.com answer you bee questions!
Jamie Weiss
Habitat Hero Coordinator
w: 970.416.6931
c: 704.491.9125
Audubon Rockies
215 West Oak Street
Suite 2c
Fort Collins, CO 80521
rockies.audubon.org
| how-to-be-an-ally-of-indigenous-led-conservation.pdf |
- Audubon All About Bees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWnTz5bWAhE&feature=youtu.be
Great info on bee identification
CONTACT
By planting bird-friendly plants, you can provide birds with food, shelter, and a place to breed. This is the idea behind Habitat Hero, a core program of Audubon Rockies, which is a regional office of the National Audubon Society. To learn more, visit https://rockies.audubon.org/habitat-hero
Please feel free to contact me at jweiss@audubon.org to answer your gardening questions and Keith Bruno at kbruno@audubon.org to answer you bee questions!
- Here's an awesome online public offering from Native Bee Watch (Colorado-centric)
- There are some really nice Bumblebee (and other native bee) identification posters through the USFS here
CONTACT
By planting bird-friendly plants, you can provide birds with food, shelter, and a place to breed. This is the idea behind Habitat Hero, a core program of Audubon Rockies, which is a regional office of the National Audubon Society. To learn more, visit https://rockies.audubon.org/habitat-hero
Please feel free to contact me at jweiss@audubon.org to answer your gardening questions and Keith Bruno at kbruno@audubon.org to answer you bee questions!
- Call on your governor to stand up for bees Our states should be accountable for protecting bees from persistent threats. Urge your governor to take action by banning neonicotinoids, a class of highly toxic pesticides.
- Bees seeking bacteria: How bees find their microbiome. Lila Westreich. The conversation. April 14, 2020 https://theconversation.com/bees-seeking-bacteria-how-bees-find-their-microbiome-129534?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20April%2014%202020%20-%201593215257&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20April%2014%202020%20-%201593215257+Version+A+CID_e3bdee1a91f54bfced32288468a1a18c&utm_source=campaign_monitor_us&utm_term=Bees%20seeking%20bacteria%20How%20bees%20find%20their%20microbiome
Audubon
Audubon Near You https://www.audubon.org/about/audubon-near-you
Explore the Audubon network. Twenty-three state programs, 41 centers, 450+ local chapters, and countless events.
Explore the Audubon network. Twenty-three state programs, 41 centers, 450+ local chapters, and countless events.
Audubon Guide to Birds
https://www.audubon.org/bird-guide
https://www.audubon.org/bird-guide
- Xerces Society https://www.xerces.org
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Cheyenne Audubon April 2020 Flyer
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- April 15 @ 1pm PT/2pm MT: The Economic Impact of Arizona’s Rivers, Lakes, and Streams
- April 21 @ 1pm PT/2pm MT: An Overview of the Colorado River for Birds and People with Audubon’s Jennifer Pitt
- April 23 @ 3pm PT/4pm MT: Great Salt Lake and the History, Birds and Bugs of Gillmor Sanctuary
- April 30 @ 12pm PT/1pm MT: Why Everyone is Talking “Water” in Colorado
- May 9, 2020. Global Big Day is an annual celebration of the birds around you, and this year is no different. While not everyone may be able to leave home to bird this year, Global Big Day is still an opportunity to check in with the birds in and around where you live. Join us on 9 May and be a part of a global birding community by sharing what birds you see with eBird.
Participating is easy. Wherever you are, you can be a part of the global community of birders on 9 May. Please remember to always put safety first and follow all local safety guidelines and closures. You can enjoy birds from inside your home and still be part of Global Big Day.
If you can spare at least 5 or 10 minutes, report your observations to eBird online or with our free eBird Mobile app. If you have more time, submit checklists of birds throughout the day at different times. Can you find more birds in the morning, or the evening? You never know what you might spot. Your observations help us better understand global bird populations through products like these animated abundance maps brought to you by eBird Science.
This year, Global Big Day will focus on the number of checklists we can collect as a global team. Last year, 35,209 eBirders from 174 countries collected an astounding 92,284 checklists in a single day. Will you join us on Global Big Day to make 2020 the year that we surpass 100,000 checklists of birds in one day? Help us set a new checklist record!
Learn more and prepare with our Global Big Day resources.
Officers and Committee Chairs
Terry Harper, President
231-349-7165, tharper1112@gmail.com
Dennis Saville, Vice President
632-1602, dtsaville@gmail.com
Lorie Chesnut, Secretary
lwches2@gmail.com
Chuck Seniawski, Treasurer
638-6519, chuckski@aol.com
Pete Arnold, Audubon Rockies Board
Jack Palma, Audubon Rockies Board
jpalma@hollandhart.com
Belinda Moench, Education
638-8257
Donna Kassel, Historian
Grant Frost, Field Trips, Bird Compiler
307-343-2024
Mark Gorges, Newsletter, Habitat Hero
634-0463, mgorges@juno.com
Art Anderson, Important Bird Areas
638-1286
Elaine Grings, Social Media
520-444-7941, elaine.ethel@hotmail.com
Wanda Manley, Member at Large
Barb Gorges, Programs, Publicity
634-0463, bgorges4@msn.com
Lorie Chesnut, Hospitality, Website
lwches2@gmail.com
Terry Harper, Conservation
231-349-7165, tharper1112@gmail.com
The CHPAS Flyer is published monthly as a benefit of chapter membership. Submissions are welcome. The current issue is available online at www.CheyenneAudubon.wordpress.com.
Terry Harper, President
231-349-7165, tharper1112@gmail.com
Dennis Saville, Vice President
632-1602, dtsaville@gmail.com
Lorie Chesnut, Secretary
lwches2@gmail.com
Chuck Seniawski, Treasurer
638-6519, chuckski@aol.com
Pete Arnold, Audubon Rockies Board
Jack Palma, Audubon Rockies Board
jpalma@hollandhart.com
Belinda Moench, Education
638-8257
Donna Kassel, Historian
Grant Frost, Field Trips, Bird Compiler
307-343-2024
Mark Gorges, Newsletter, Habitat Hero
634-0463, mgorges@juno.com
Art Anderson, Important Bird Areas
638-1286
Elaine Grings, Social Media
520-444-7941, elaine.ethel@hotmail.com
Wanda Manley, Member at Large
Barb Gorges, Programs, Publicity
634-0463, bgorges4@msn.com
Lorie Chesnut, Hospitality, Website
lwches2@gmail.com
Terry Harper, Conservation
231-349-7165, tharper1112@gmail.com
The CHPAS Flyer is published monthly as a benefit of chapter membership. Submissions are welcome. The current issue is available online at www.CheyenneAudubon.wordpress.com.
Cornell Lab eBird account
Cornell eBird Support
Cornell Bird Academy
BirdCast (The Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Watch for migration patterns with this live migration map.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/?fbclid=IwAR0g_i-EHTbmUzsmBlq3pgoVbuj1e2p_JCw65QZTqZaHvH7xPqUN67FqnGc
To accept this checklist into your eBird account, click on the link below:
https://ebird.org/shared?subID=UzYzNzM0NDA1&s=t
You will then be able to view, edit, or delete it. Learn more about eBird's checklist sharing process at
https://support.ebird.org/en/support/solutions/articles/48000625567
Cornell eBird Support
Cornell Bird Academy
BirdCast (The Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Watch for migration patterns with this live migration map.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/?fbclid=IwAR0g_i-EHTbmUzsmBlq3pgoVbuj1e2p_JCw65QZTqZaHvH7xPqUN67FqnGc
To accept this checklist into your eBird account, click on the link below:
https://ebird.org/shared?subID=UzYzNzM0NDA1&s=t
You will then be able to view, edit, or delete it. Learn more about eBird's checklist sharing process at
https://support.ebird.org/en/support/solutions/articles/48000625567
- Survival by Degrees: 389 Bird Species on the Brink As the climate changes, so will the places birds need. Audubon scientists took advantage of 140 million observations, recorded by birders and scientists, to describe where 604 North American bird species live today—an area known as their “range.” They then used the latest climate models to project how each species’s range will shift as climate change and other human impacts advance across the continent. The results are clear: Birds will be forced to relocate to find favorable homes. And they may not survive.
Habitat Heroes
How to be a Habitat Hero
The information you need to be a certified Habitat Hero is available at the Audubon Rockies website: http://rockies.audubon.org/habitat-hero. Click on "Become a Habitat Hero" and then click on the application to see what is required. Be sure not to submit it until you are ready!
Be sure to take lots of photos of your pollinator garden, milkweed patch or "seedy" bird sanctuary.
Look on the Resources page, http://rockies.audubon.org/habitat-hero/resources, for the Step-by-Step guide on designing your Habitat Hero Garden if you are thinking about getting started.
If you have questions, contact Jamie Weiss, the Habitat Hero director, jweiss@audubon.org.
The information you need to be a certified Habitat Hero is available at the Audubon Rockies website: http://rockies.audubon.org/habitat-hero. Click on "Become a Habitat Hero" and then click on the application to see what is required. Be sure not to submit it until you are ready!
Be sure to take lots of photos of your pollinator garden, milkweed patch or "seedy" bird sanctuary.
Look on the Resources page, http://rockies.audubon.org/habitat-hero/resources, for the Step-by-Step guide on designing your Habitat Hero Garden if you are thinking about getting started.
If you have questions, contact Jamie Weiss, the Habitat Hero director, jweiss@audubon.org.
Do research at area botanical gardens!
Panayoti Kelaidis has done much at the Denver Botanic Gardens, https://www.botanicgardens.org/, to celebrate the kinds of plants that grow well in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains. Look for the Alpine Rock Garden, Dryland Mesa, Plains, Water-Smart and Plant Select plant collections.
The Gardens on Spring Creek, https://www.fcgov.com/gardens, has Foothills, Prairie, Rock and Xeric gardens. They just installed the Undaunted Garden, designed by Lauren Springer Ogden. There's a rumor that she will be speaking in Cheyenne Sept. 19.
Plans are afoot at our own Cheyenne Botanic Gardens, https://www.botanic.org/, to replace turf with water-smart plants. It will be the third season for the Habitat Hero Demonstration Garden as we try to stay ahead of the rabbits.
And don't forget the Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities Habitat Hero Demonstration Garden, also going on its third season, http://www.cheyennecity.org/2618/Habitat-Hero-Demonstration-Garden.
Panayoti Kelaidis has done much at the Denver Botanic Gardens, https://www.botanicgardens.org/, to celebrate the kinds of plants that grow well in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains. Look for the Alpine Rock Garden, Dryland Mesa, Plains, Water-Smart and Plant Select plant collections.
The Gardens on Spring Creek, https://www.fcgov.com/gardens, has Foothills, Prairie, Rock and Xeric gardens. They just installed the Undaunted Garden, designed by Lauren Springer Ogden. There's a rumor that she will be speaking in Cheyenne Sept. 19.
Plans are afoot at our own Cheyenne Botanic Gardens, https://www.botanic.org/, to replace turf with water-smart plants. It will be the third season for the Habitat Hero Demonstration Garden as we try to stay ahead of the rabbits.
And don't forget the Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities Habitat Hero Demonstration Garden, also going on its third season, http://www.cheyennecity.org/2618/Habitat-Hero-Demonstration-Garden.
Jamie Weiss, Jan 13, 2020,
JACK’S SOLAR GARDEN
We've begun planning our largest Habitat Hero garden yet at Jack's Solar Garden, featuring more than 1,800 native plants! We are currently working on a garden design, purchasing plants and coordinating a community planting project. Donating towards this ambitious project will greatly help us. By funding bird-friendly gardens, your support not only creates bird habitat and beautiful, water-efficient communities; it connects people to nature.
DONATE HERE
BIRD-FRIENDLY GARDEN DESIGNS
Download any of the eight brochures designed for patios, suburban homes, planters and water catchment areas.
HABITAT HERO
Browse our online resource library and certify your Habitat Hero garden!
Audubon Society You are what hope looks like to a bird.
JACK’S SOLAR GARDEN
We've begun planning our largest Habitat Hero garden yet at Jack's Solar Garden, featuring more than 1,800 native plants! We are currently working on a garden design, purchasing plants and coordinating a community planting project. Donating towards this ambitious project will greatly help us. By funding bird-friendly gardens, your support not only creates bird habitat and beautiful, water-efficient communities; it connects people to nature.
DONATE HERE
BIRD-FRIENDLY GARDEN DESIGNS
Download any of the eight brochures designed for patios, suburban homes, planters and water catchment areas.
HABITAT HERO
Browse our online resource library and certify your Habitat Hero garden!
Audubon Society You are what hope looks like to a bird.
- Cheyenne-High Plains Audubon Society National Audubon Society chapter since 1974 serving Southeastern Wyoming.
- 6th Annual Habitat Hero Workshop Feb. 29, 2020, “Rethinking Wyoming Landscaping—Native Plant Gardening 101” Feb. 29, 2020, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- rockies.audubon.org 215 West Oak Street Suite 2c Fort Collins, CO 80521
- Bird-Friendly, Climate-Friendly. Conference January 11, 2020
- Ed Begley Jr., Actor & Environmentalist
- Survival by Degrees: 389 Bird Species on the Brink. Alison Holloran, Audubon Rockies
- Survival by Degrees: 389 Bird Species on the Brink PDF pp 1-68.
- https://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/climatereport-2019-english-lowres.pdf
- Survival by Degrees: 389 Bird Species on the Brink PDF pp 1-68.
- Our Climate Future: Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Efforts from the City of Fort Collins, Jensen Morgan, City of Fort Collins
- Xcel Carbon Vision Plan Lucas McConnell, Xcel Energy
- The Evolution of Jack's Solar Garden - Getting the Most out of Our Land. Byron Kominek, Jack’s Solar Garden
- Making the Vision a Reality: Ways to Live in Joyful Harmony with the Earth. Aaron Michael,
- Earth Love Gardens
- Habitat Hero - Planting a Better world for birds and people. Take Action: Plant a Better World for Birds and People. Jamie Weiss, Audubon Rockies. Habitat Hero Coordinator. w: 970.416.6931. c: 704.491.9125
- Audubon Native Plants Database
- An Illustrated Tribute to the Most Endangered Plant in Every U.S. State. Posted on January 6, 2020 by Barbara Davidson.
- Bird-Friendly, Climate-Friendly. Conference January 11, 2020
- West Virginia Wildlife Diversity Habitat is the area in which a species lives. Simply stated, habitat is made up of four basic requirements for survival: sufficient space, food, water and shelter.
- Four components for a wildlife habitat
- Whether or not we are aware of it, events amplified by climate change are happening all the time. Climate Signals identifies and illustrates what climate change looks like on the ground, in your region, state, or neighborhood and specifies the long-term climate trends and physical processes at work. With backgrounds spanning science, journalism, government, public affairs, corporate sustainability, consulting, policy and filmmaking, our team brings these diverse skills to partners in the science, business, public health, environmental and policy fields. For more about us, visit the Team page
Wyoming
Wyoming Sage Grouse
https://www.wyofile.com/scientists-blast-inaction-on-denial-of-sage-grouse-troubles/?fbclid=IwAR3M4l7JbeiWfAYc6XJho7UNWBhtXr4vZDDiC8dpUZQriIqKRT39LUaoh8E
https://www.wyofile.com/scientists-blast-inaction-on-denial-of-sage-grouse-troubles/?fbclid=IwAR3M4l7JbeiWfAYc6XJho7UNWBhtXr4vZDDiC8dpUZQriIqKRT39LUaoh8E
Nebraska
Nebraska - Cranes and Plovers (Trip notes)
Why do you work at The Crane Trust?
Why are migrating birds important?
What are the dangers to migrating birds?
Who is working with The Crane Trust?
What’s your favorite part of working at The Crane Trust?
What’s the most important takeaways from a visit to the Crane Trust?
What work is the Crane Trust involved in?
…Nebraska.
How does the Crane Trust serve the people of Nebraska?
What does the Crane Trust do for the birds of Nebraska? …of the world?
Terns and Plovers
- The Nebraska Environmental Trust. http://www.environmentaltrust.org
- Audubon's Nebraska Crane Festival, Kearney NE 2020 https://ne.audubon.org/crane-festival
- Restoring Native Mussels to Nebraska - submitted by Dean Rosenthal, Nebraska Game & Parks Commission. To date, 13,682 Plain Pocketbook mussels and 4,182 Fatmucket mussels have been stocked back into the streams of Nebraska. An additional 10,000 mussels in the. facility will be released in the spring/summer of 2019. This is an ongoing program and additional species will be cultured in the future for stocking. As indicator species, mussels require good water quality, and as a part of Nebraska’s native fauna it is exciting that the streams of Nebraska will potentially again be homes to mussel populations.
- Platte River a migratory stopover place use for centuries - its conservation is key to cranes’ survival. Feeding areas, health of river for food organisms. algal diets Riverine
- Prairie Corridor Project, City of Lincoln Prairie Tallgrass
- Lincoln and Lancaster County are located in the Tallgrass Prairie Ecoregion, which was historically covered by native tallgrass prairie and home to bison, antelope, grassland birds, and many other plants and animals. This tallgrass prairie is a remarkable, and unfortunately now rare, part of our natural and cultural heritage. Nebraska Natural Legacy Project notes that “approximately two percent of Nebraska’s tallgrass prairie remains, mostly as remnants less than eighty acres in size.” The Prairie Corridor on Haines Branch, funded in part with grants from the Nebraska Environmental Trust, will be a 13-mile corridor of virgin and reestablished tallgrass prairie along a trail generally following the Haines Branch of Salt Creek. The Prairie Corridor presents a unique opportunity to reduce fragmentation with an interconnected, diverse habitat. In addition to tallgrass prairie, riparian stream corridors, woodlands and both freshwater and saline wetlands provide unique habitat, supporting a variety of plant, animal and insect species. Land and easements purchased from interested landowners support these conservation and restoration efforts.
- re-establishment of high diversity tallgrass prairie
- monitoring plant and pollinator species abundance and richness as indicators of habitat that is most supportive of a high pollinator diversity.
- solar photovoltaic panel array has been installed at the north end of the African Grasslands near the Safari Tent Camp at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.
- Continous No Till, PrairieLand RC & D CNT works across the entire state of Nebraska to reduce soil erosion, improve soil quality, and reduce irrigation and fuel requirements
- Big Muddy Creek Watershed Project, Nemaha NRD 14 structures to control streambed and streambank erosion. Ultimately these structures will enhance the quality of life of local, rural residents by protecting public infrastructure and utilities, improving water quality, improving ecological diversity and preventing the further loss of agricultural land.
- Woodwaste/Saw Log Utilization and Red Cedar Management Project, Lower Loup NRD
- Grantee Links
- SEE Interior Least Terns and Piping Plovers Plovers Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership
- Protecting The Birds http://ternandplover.unl.edu/law/index-law.asp
- Yellowstone https://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/9351/54731 National park podcast features Willemssens, tiger beetle research
- Sandhills Byway https://visitnebraska.com/sandhills-journey-scenic-byway
- Toll from Coal https://www.tollfromcoal.org/#/map/(title:none/NE//detail:none/NE//map:none/NE)
- Nebraska Conservation Education Fund Why Clean Energy Matters Public Health
- Interactive Map https://www.tollfromcoal.org/#/map/(title:none/NE//detail:none/NE//map:none/NE)
- Audubon SH Cranes Range Report https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/sandhill-crane Encroachment of salt water from sea level rise Audubon's climate model projects a 58 percent loss of current winter range by 2080
- Platte River Recovery Implementation programhttps://platteriverprogram.org/document/analysis-impacts-riverine-fish-communities-central-platte-river
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has designated the reach of the Central Platte River from Lexington to Shelton, Nebraska, as critical habitat for the whooping crane.
Why do you work at The Crane Trust?
Why are migrating birds important?
What are the dangers to migrating birds?
Who is working with The Crane Trust?
What’s your favorite part of working at The Crane Trust?
What’s the most important takeaways from a visit to the Crane Trust?
What work is the Crane Trust involved in?
…Nebraska.
How does the Crane Trust serve the people of Nebraska?
What does the Crane Trust do for the birds of Nebraska? …of the world?
Terns and Plovers
- Ogallala
- Terns and Plovers (rising sea levels and loss of habitat)
- Grantee Links The Nebraska Environmental Partnership
- SEE Interior Least Terns and Piping Plovers Plovers
- Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership
- Protecting The Birds
- http://ternandplover.unl.edu/law/index-law.asp
- Crane Trust
- Part of the Platte River area stopover. Critical habitat for stopover in migration. International Recovery Plan for the Whooping Crane. (Whooping Crane Fact Sheet)
- Kids and veterans - pot luck gatherings (Billie Herron’smodel)
- Surrounding Areas and Preserves
- mixed diet (Sandhill Crane Fact Sheet)
- Cheyenne-High Plains Audubon Society National Audubon Society chapter since 1974 serving Southeastern Wyoming.
- 6th Annual Habitat Hero Workshop Feb. 29, 2020, “Rethinking Wyoming Landscaping—Native Plant Gardening 101” Feb. 29, 2020, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- rockies.audubon.org 215 West Oak Street Suite 2c Fort Collins, CO 80521
- Bird-Friendly, Climate-Friendly. Conference January 11, 2020
- Ed Begley Jr., Actor & Environmentalist
- Survival by Degrees: 389 Bird Species on the Brink. Alison Holloran, Audubon Rockies
- Survival by Degrees: 389 Bird Species on the Brink PDF pp 1-68.
- https://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/climatereport-2019-english-lowres.pdf
- Survival by Degrees: 389 Bird Species on the Brink PDF pp 1-68.
- Our Climate Future: Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Efforts from the City of Fort Collins, Jensen Morgan, City of Fort Collins
- Xcel Carbon Vision Plan Lucas McConnell, Xcel Energy
- The Evolution of Jack's Solar Garden - Getting the Most out of Our Land. Byron Kominek, Jack’s Solar Garden
- Making the Vision a Reality: Ways to Live in Joyful Harmony with the Earth. Aaron Michael,
- Earth Love Gardens
- Habitat Hero - Planting a Better world for birds and people. Take Action: Plant a Better World for Birds and People. Jamie Weiss, Audubon Rockies. Habitat Hero Coordinator. w: 970.416.6931. c: 704.491.9125
- Audubon Native Plants Database
- Bird-Friendly, Climate-Friendly. Conference January 11, 2020
- West Virginia Wildlife Diversity Habitat is the area in which a species lives. Simply stated, habitat is made up of four basic requirements for survival: sufficient space, food, water and shelter.
- Four components for a wildlife habitat
- Whether or not we are aware of it, events amplified by climate change are happening all the time. Climate Signals identifies and illustrates what climate change looks like on the ground, in your region, state, or neighborhood and specifies the long-term climate trends and physical processes at work. With backgrounds spanning science, journalism, government, public affairs, corporate sustainability, consulting, policy and filmmaking, our team brings these diverse skills to partners in the science, business, public health, environmental and policy fields. For more about us, visit the Team page.
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Casey epler. Lone tree c reek trail
Colorado butterfly plant
Ute ladies tresses
Flea b eetles
Heritage seed
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