City FC is going to build a reservoir at the NW corner of I25 & Kechter.  The
city also mentioned it was connected to their natural areas.  The water would be
coming from the sewage treatment plants.  Wouldn't it be nice if they added a
managed shorebird habitat to the reservoir.  They will be destroying some
shorebird habitat while buildng the reservoir.  An acre of shorebird habitat
would be good, a 1/4 acre would be nice. Second best would be to plan the
habitat in and then a developer needing a wetlands mitigation could do the
construction.

Just dreaming.

Roger





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Dear Auduboners -



My apologies if you receive duplicate messages.



Today I was contacted by Wally Van Sickle of IDEA WILD about their upcoming
fundraiser at Nature's Own this coming Thursday evening, from 5:00 PM until
10:00 PM.



IDEA WILD raises money and obtains equipment for researchers in developing
countries.  Often the small items of equipment (microscopes, gps units,
etc.) cost more than the annual salaries of the researchers.  But the
research being conducted is invaluable in providing an understanding of
endangered wildlife and its needs.



Please consider doing some Christmas Shopping this Thursday, at Nature's
Own.



Bill Miller

Conservation Chair

Fort Collins Audubon Society



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From: IDEA WILD [mailto:ideawild@...]
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 2:35 PM
To: WILLIAM H MILLER
Subject: [Fwd: Don't Miss Nature Goes Wild December 3]



Hi Bill,

Here is the silly email and flyer for the Nature Goes Wild event for IDEA
WILD.  You can edit it as you wish or add you personal experience regarding
IDEA WILD.  Please let me know if you need anything else.  All Audubon
members making purchases that night will be part of making a bird research
project possible in some other country.  I could tell them all about it at a
presentation some time in 2010.



Fellow Audubon Members,

This holiday season you could shop here:

  <http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3234/2513692474_5bc75b0850_m.jpg> Holiday
Shopping at the Dubai Airport

Or, you could make a difference with your dollars and shop here:

NGW at NO

Please join me for Nature <http://www.ideawild.org/nature-goes-wild.html>
Goes Wild on Thursday, December 3, at Nature's Own in downtown Fort Collins.
During this fun-filled night of inspired holiday shopping, 100% of the
proceeds from every purchases made between 5 and 10 pm will directly support
IDEA WILD biodiversity conservation projects in developing countries around
the world. If that's not motivation enough to join us that night, try on
these 6 amazing reasons:

1. You can enjoy free food, drink and entertainment all night long.
2. You can hang out with other great Audubon members.
3. It's the funnest shopping you'll have all holiday season.
4. It helps the planet.
5. I'll be dressed as Indy and channeling the call of the lemur.
6. Painted ladies will be serving hors dourves

I can't wait to see your smiling faces walk through the door of Nature's Own
- 201 Linden Street! From jewelry to kids toys and great objects for house
and garden, Nature's Own has something for everyone.

See you there,

Wally Van Sickle
IDEA WILD
Empowering the Heroes and Sheroes of the Planet
www.ideawild.org

P.S. Please share this super amazing opportunity with all your Earth loving
friends!



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Hi all,

With the upcoming Christmas bird counts in mind I want to pass along a very cool
link that allows you to estimate flock sizes and see how close you are to
reality. I know that for my part I have probably tended to underestimate flock
sizes for bird counts, while I'm sure others perhaps overestimate. This could be
a nice resource to pass along to enthusiastic but inexperienced recruits in your
CBCs, or to anyone for that matter.

http://www.iowabirds.org/birds/counting_quiz.asp

Eric DeFonso
Fort Collins

The Loveland Christmas Bird Count is scheduled for January 1, 2010.
We will complete our day with a compilation dinner catered by my
husband Al at the Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch.

We're looking for folks who love to get out and count birds,
experienced and non alike. Please contact me if you want to be a part
of the Loveland Count Circle teams!

Connie Kogler
Twitter @lefthanddbirder
Loveland, CO.
BirdsOTheMorning.com








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My sis Lauren and I spent the better part of yesterday exploring
Castlewood Canyon in wonderful weather. While we didn't find any
"birds of note" the place was filled with them.  The Canyon rim
hosted a slew of Townsend's Solitaires singing nearly non-stop.
Spotted Towhees mewing from every bush. We came upon a flock of 30 or
so Pine Siskins up there feasting on fir cones and doing spiral wing-
dances above the rim.  I expected Ponderosa Pines, but was surprised
at all the Fir trees there.  Many Juncos on the rim also, Oregon,
Gray-headed and Pink-sided.  The views were spectacular and we
avoided the weather to the north.

The canyon bottom was busy as well. We found one Canyon Wren near the
dam and heard one 'seet' note from, we think, a White-crowned
Sparrow, our only sparrow of the day. The canyon was full of
Steller's Jays, Juncos, the above 3 and Slate-colored, both Mountain
and Black-capped Chickadees, several Brown Creepers, scads of Red-
breasted Nuthatches with much to talk about. A few Pygmy Nuthatches
and about a basketful of White-breasted.

We also had a few unusually quiet Scrub-Jays and a couple of handfuls
of Downy Woodpeckers. Spotted Towhees filled the brushy areas down
here too. Just as we were about to reach our car, in the scrub oak
near the Westside trailhead, we were surrounded by a flood of birds.
Seriously, we stood with our jaws hanging open, (not a pretty sight
and we quickly got ourselves under control lest a chickadee cache
seeds under our tongues.) All the same species as listed, both
chickadees, all 3 nuthatches, downys, juncos, 1 robin,  creepers and
towhees, feedingfeedingfeeding and talking with their mouths full and
stashing seeds and chasing one another and peeking at us from behind
tree trunks. It was an amazing and glorious sight and we felt
privileged to be a part of it.


Connie Kogler
Twitter @lefthanddbirder
Loveland, CO.
BirdsOTheMorning.com








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Dear Auduboners -



Here is an update from the Save The Poudre (STP) organization, in the form
of a newsletter.



Bill Miller

Conservation Chair

Fort Collins Audubon Society





-----Original Message-----
From: postmaster@... [mailto:postmaster@...]
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:44 PM
To: announcements@...
Subject: Save The Poudre November Newsletter



In The Attached Issue:



    1.  Save The Poudre Spreads the Word

    2.  Save The Poudre Welcomes Three New Partners

    3.  Fundraising and Outreach Activities Continue in Their Importance

    4.  Corps and EPA Appear to Be at Odds Over NISP

    5.  STP Joins Other Environmental Organizations Re: Windy Gap

    6.  Save The Poudre Helps Clean Up the Poudre

    7.  Quotes of the Month





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This area was very birdy this morning (south of Quail Hollow neighborhood, west
of Taft Hill Rd in Fort Collins), with unusual species including flyover Evening
Grosbeak and American Pipit, 5 calling Cassin's Finch (photographed) and a late
Orange-crowned Warbler (ph.). Lots of chickadees and robins. Great habitat for
more interesting birds to show up.

Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO

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Hello all,
    Hope you're all staying warm. On behalf of the Fort Collins Audubon Society,
I'd like to invite you to our November program: "Recovery of the Black-Footed
Ferret" presented by Paul Marinari with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

On November 12, 2009 the Fort Collins Audubon Society will present a program on
efforts to re-establish the black-footed ferret to once-native habitats. Paul
Marinari with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service will share his experiences
managing the Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Northern Colorado and
describe the group's efforts to establish 1500 ferrets in the wild by 2010.

Black-footed ferrets are one of the most endangered mammals in the world, and if
these objectives are met, the ferret, the ferret could be downlisted from
endangered to threatened status.

Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009
Location: Fort Collins Lincoln Center, Columbine Room, 417 W. Magnolia St., Fort
Collins
Time: 7:00 pmb(social), 7:30 (program)
For details: www.fortnet.org/audubon or call 970-490-2473.

All programs are free and open to the public.
Hope to see many of you there!

Pat Hayward
FCAS Publicity Chair
fcaudubon@...
970.231.5250

There has been a YTWA at the bird sanctuary in Estes Park. I'm going
to try for it today. If anyone cares to join me give me a call
970-215-6076. We can meet at KMart on Wilson and Hwy 34 around 8 or so.

Connie Kogler
Twitter @lefthanddbirder
Loveland, CO.
BirdsOTheMorning.com








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Dear FCAS Board and chapter members -



If you open the first article below you will eventually end up at:



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Sounds as if there might actually be a way for the Greeley pipeline to avoid
damaging or destroying the historic railroad line and bridge.



Bill

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Wild Birds Unlimited is hiring NOW!
We are looking for sales associates who are “for the birds."We're
gearing up for the holiday season and need at least 2 part time
employees for about 20 hours a week that can work weekends and will
be available for hours between Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve.  If
you're looking for a great job in a great working environment we're
looking for you!  Go to http://fortcollins.wbu.com/ and click on the
Hiring NOW link. Download the application, fill it out and bring it
on in. Ask to speak with Lauren.

Connie Kogler
Twitter @lefthanddbirder
Loveland, CO.
BirdsOTheMorning.com








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Hi everyone,

I've been seeing a female intergrade Northern Flicker at my feeder here in Fort
Collins the past few days. This bird has bright yellow shafts and coloration on
the flight feathers, but has the head markings for a typical female red-shafted
flicker (i.e., no red nape mark). This is the first time I've seen a creature
like this - has anyone else seen such birds here?

And as I write this, I can see her out my window on the feeder once again.
Fascinating! And very pretty to boot.

Eric DeFonso
Fort Collins

Dear Auduboners -



FYI.



Bill Miller





-----Original Message-----
From: webmaster@... [mailto:webmaster@...]
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 10:35 AM
To: 5mcorp@...
Subject: Larimer County News Release - Astronomy on Open Space



A news release has been published by Larimer County Natural Resources.



Subject: Astronomy on Open Space

News Release: http://www.larimer.org/news/newsDetail.cfm?id=527





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Hi folks,

We had only 3 folks sign up for Birds & Brews CO. S. Denver on 10/22
and all but one was from northern Co. so I'm cancelling the event.
Thanks to those who signed up. We'll try something after the first of
the year.

Ideas?

Connie Kogler
Twitter @lefthanddbirder
Loveland, CO.
BirdsOTheMorning.com








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On Monday, I walked around Pineridge Natural Area (a.k.a Dixon Reservoir) in
southwest Fort Collins, and was amazed at how birdy it was. The rarest species
was a couple of Evening Grosbeaks heard calling as they flew overhead.. Most of
the birds were common or expected species, but some were more numerous than
expected. There were at least half a dozen Pied Billed Grebes, Canyon Wrens,
Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Hermit Thrushes, Orange-crowned Warblers and Lesser
Goldfinches, a dozen Blue-gray Gnatcatchers and White-crowned Sparrows, 2 dozen
Yellow-rumped Warblers, many dozen House Finches. Also present was a Merlin,
Rock Wren, Western Scrub-Jays, Common Yellowthroat, Wilson's Warbler (Eastern
race), Oporornis-sp. Warbler (probably MacGillivray's), Lincoln's Sparrow, a
couple Chipping Sparrows and 4 Pine Siskins.
     Nearby at the south end of Horsetooth Reservoir, hundreds of California and
Ring-billed gulls loafed on shore across from the boat ramps, including an adult
Lesser Black-backed Gull (reported earlier) and 5 Herring Gulls. A flyby
Sharp-shinned Hawk was probably migrating.

Nick Komar


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The NOCO Big Sit! held at my house in Loveland was a big success. The
cold finally drove us to our warm homes around 2:00. I went out to
the circle several more times throughout the afternoon and did add
Pine Siskin to the list. We beat our last years total of 27 by 12
species with a total of 39, one bird shy of our goal. Not bad
considering the weather! We missed some easy birds, American
Goldfinch, Red-tailed Hawk and Downy Woodpecker.  Some nice surprises
were Mountain Chickadee, Greater Yellowlegs and a mixed flock of
grebes. Ann Donoghue, Kathleen Dowd, Lauren Burke and later Denise
Bretting and I were our team of the day. We had a fire and coffee
going the whole time, Kathleen brought some tasty Wasail. Al made us
tasty bagels for breakfast, I made turkey and swiss grilled / burnt
for lunch. Amazing what tastes good when you're cold.

Here is our list:

Mallard
GB Heron
SS Hawk
Am Kestrel
EC Dove
Mour. Dove
No Flicker
Blue Jay
Scrub Jay
BB Magpie
Am. Crow
BC Chickadee
Mtn Chickadee
Am Robin
Starling
Spotted Towhee
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
RW Blackbird
W meadowlark
C. Grackle
House Finch
Less. Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Great H. Owl
RB Gull
Wood Duck
We. Grebe
Am Coot
Eared Grebe
PB Grebe
Bald Eagle
N. Harrier
Gr. Yellowlegs
Killdeer
Belted Kingfisher
Hooded Merganser
Gadwall

Connie Kogler
Twitter @lefthanddbirder
Loveland, CO.
BirdsOTheMorning.com

Don't forget to drop by tomorrow at my house 4778 Hay Wagon Ct.
Loveland between 7-6 or so for the Big Sit!

Connie Kogler
Twitter @lefthanddbirder
Loveland, CO.
BirdsOTheMorning.com

If you have interest in Whooping Cranes you might want to take a look at the
article from Birder's world Magazine, found at the link below.



Bill Miller



-----Original Message-----
From: National Birding Hotline Cooperative (Chat Line)
[mailto:BIRDCHAT@...] On Behalf Of Chuck Hagner
Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 3:59 PM
To: BIRDCHAT@...
Subject: [BIRDCHAT] Crane news from Necedah NWR and the International Crane
Foundation, WI



Hi everyone--



Birder's World Associate Editor Matt Mendenhall is attending the meeting of
the Society of Environmental Journalists taking place now in Madison,
Wisconsin.



Yesterday he co-led an open-door, behind-the-scenes media tour of Necedah
NWR, summer home of the eastern flock of endangered Whooping Cranes, and of
the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo. You can read about it on our
blog:



Birder's World Field of View

http://is.gd/48VAp





Matt's report contains lots of news, and it features lots of photos -- of
refuge manager Larry Wargowsky, lead pilot Joe Duff, ICF founder George
Archibald, and other craniacs, as well as an awesome in-flight shot of
Whooping Cranes 12-02 and 17-02, parents of the only chick to be
successfully hatched and fledged in the wild.



Enjoy!



Chuck Hagner

Editor, Birder's World Magazine

Twitter: @CH_BirdersWorld

www.BirdersWorld.com



BirdChat Guidelines: http://www.ksu.edu/audubon/chatguidelines.html

Archives: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdchat.html



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Birds & Brews Colorado Reminder!
   An informal gathering of birders of all abilities - if you're
interested in birds, you're invited!

It's a time to meet other birders, maybe find a carpool or birding
buddy, ask about where to find target birds, share cool research
projects you might be working on, ask a bird feeding question, share
life lists, a great new book,  project ideas, digiscoping tips,
promote your blog--the sky is the limit!

DETAILS:
Thursday, October 22nd, 6:00 p.m. Rockbottom Brewery, 9627 E. County
Line Road, Englewood, CO 80112.(303) 792-9090

Hosted by  myself and my sister, Lauren Burke.

Please drop me a note if you are coming, I have to give the
restaurant a count.

If you have any questions, feel free to email me, and feel free to
pass this email on to anyone you know who might be interested.

We'll be hosting a B&B in northern Colorado again soon.

Connie Kogler
Twitter @lefthanddbirder
Loveland, CO.
BirdsOTheMorning.com

Hi folks!

   I wanted to invite any and all to join me at the second annual NOCO
Big Sit! Hosted by myself and my sis Lauren Burke, (the NOCO
Wrenegades) the NOCO Big Sit! will be held in the front yard of my
home this Sunday, October 11th. Although official Big Sit! rules
allows for midnight to midnight, we're only counting from 6:30 AM to
6:30 - 7:00 PM.

You are welcome to come for the whole time or any part that fits your
schedule. Bring your, binocs, scope if you have one, a snack, your
coffee mug, water bottle, a chair and good fun! We'll keep the
coffee, tea and hot chocolate hot, maybe even have a fire in the
chimnea if it's chilly. I live between two lakes and we'll be able to
see one of those from our circle and also my front feeders.

Come and join us and let's have a birder's party!  We'll be counting
from a 17 FOOT diameter circle, which is the requirement for a Big Sit!

If you know you're going to join us, or have any questions, drop me
an email. Also, my address is 4778 Hay Wagon Ct. Loveland, CO. 80537

For more info on  what The Big Sit is! Go here <http://
www.birdwatchersdigest.com/site/funbirds/bigsit/bigsit.aspx>

Connie Kogler
Twitter @lefthanddbirder
Loveland, CO.
BirdsOTheMorning.com

Hello all,
    I'd like to invite everyone to this Thursday's Fort Collins Audubon Society
meeting (10/8) at the Fort Collins Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia St.
    Connie Kogler, winner of the Wild Bird magazine Birder of the Year (2008),
will start her presentation with the amazing story of her visitor last winter,
the streak-backed oriole which stayed for 26 days, and then offer a visual
journey of her Costa Rican birding adventures and wildlife sightings in late
June, 2009. Social time starts at 7:00 pm, and the meeting will begin at 7:30.
All programs are free and open to the public - come join us for a taste of the
tropical! More info and maps at www.fortnet.org/audubon, or call 970-490-2473.
    Hope to see many of you there!
Pat

Pat Hayward
FCAS Public Relations Chairperson

PO Box 41
Masonville CO 80541
pat@...
970.613.0192

Is anyone doing a Big Sit on October 11th?  Is anyone in Northern
Colorado interested?  What is a Big Sit? Go here: <http://
www.birdwatchersdigest.com/site/funbirds/bigsit/bigsit.aspx>

Connie Kogler
Twitter @lefthanddbirder
Loveland, CO.
BirdsOTheMorning.com

Dear Auduboners -



You might appreciate the tongue-in-cheek essay on hummingbirds found at the
link below.



Bill Miller

Conservation Chair

Fort Collins Audubon Society



-----Original Message-----
From: National Birding Hotline Cooperative (Chat Line)
[mailto:BIRDCHAT@...] On Behalf Of Bill Hilton Jr.
(RESEARCH)
Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 11:35 AM
To: BIRDCHAT@...
Subject: [BIRDCHAT] Hilton Pond 09/29/09 (Obese Hummingbirds)



In autumn, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds typically put on a good deal of

fat that sustains them in their long south-bound migratory flight.

Through the years we've captured and banded several rather rotund ruby-

throats, but a few days ago we caught the ultimate in chubbiness. For

our somewhat tongue-in-cheek look at obesity in hummingbirds, please

visit the bonus installment of "This Week at Hilton Pond" for 29-30

September 2009. The latest photo essay is at
http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek090929.html





While there, scroll down to see what birds we banded in the short, two-

day period and get an update on our hummer banding progress in 2009.



Happy Heavy Hummingbird Watching!



BILL



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RESEARCH PROGRAM

c/o BILL HILTON JR. Executive Director

Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History

1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA

(803) 684-5852



Please visit our web sites (courtesy of Comporium.net):

Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History at http://www.hiltonpond.org
<http://www.hiltonpond.org/>

"Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project" at http://www.rubythroat.org
<http://www.rubythroat.org/>



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Yesterday, September 30, a lone cormorant was at College Lake on the Colorado
State University Foothills Campus. It was small, with thin bill, very little
facial skin under the bill on the throat, with a very pale throat. Studying it
through a scope revealed the pointed shape to the orange facial skin and
feathered lores, indicating Neotropic Cormorant. This bird had darker orange
skin and paler throat than the one being seen off an on since mid-August at
Timnath Reservoir. I'll try to get photos if it is still there this morning.
Unfortunately, the foothills campus is not public access. If it hangs around, I
may be able to arrange an organized field trip there this weekend. Stay tuned.

The Sibley Guide does not show Neotropic Cormorant with a pale throat, but I
have seen (and photographed) such individuals in Texas and Guatemala. The
paleness does not extend as far down onto the chest as on young Double-crested
Cormorants.

Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO

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I just recently learned that there's a birding TV show on these days, called
"Birding Adventures" with James Currie. It's funny to me because I had just been
thinking a few weeks ago that there would be a market for a travelogue-style TV
show centered on birdwatching, and wouldn't you know, there already is one. I
guess it premiered last January, but I'd never heard of it.

The next half-hour show is on Sunday at 12:30pm on Fox Sports Net, so if you
don't have cable, you're outta luck. This translates to Channel 26 on Comcast
Fort Collins. From what I can tell it also is not on a fixed schedule, for it
seems to have been on at 9:30am last Sunday, so be aware of that too.

Anyway, thought we all might be interested in learning about it. You can even
see a promo for the show to get an idea of what it's all about at
http://www.birdingadventures.com

Eric

Auduboners –



Below is the information about the ONLY playing of the futuristic climate
change movie "The Age of Stupid."  It will be playing Monday evening at 5:30
PM.



I reserved a ticket using my credit card at the web site,
http://www.ageofstupid.net/screenings/cinemas/1507.



When the page comes up, click on the “Book Tickets” ticket in the upper
right hand corner of the page.



On the page that follows, click on the “5:30” that appears in the last
frame, titled “Tickets.”  Price: $12.50 + $2.00 service charge.



For reviews, GOOGLE on “The Age of Stupid”.  Here is one of them:
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/09/review-the-age-of-stupid-gets-smart-o
n-enviropocalypse





Of course, the film, set in 2055, is completely fictitious because we still
don’t know how the whole scenario of global climate disruption will play
out.  But the evidence keeps coming in, and the predictions are pretty dire.



“Crowd-funded by a profit-sharing partnership comprising a mere 228 people
and groups, including a hockey team and a women’s health center, who each
invested portions of its £450,000 budget, The Age of Stupid is a
destabilizing experience. Its Monday global opening is concurrent with
United Nations Climate Week, although the film has already been screened by
the Scottish, Welsh, Swedish, Dutch and U.K. parliaments, as well as the
European Union and Obama’s think tank, the Center for American Progress. The
result is a full-court press aimed at influencing nations to come to the
U.N. <http://en.cop15.dk> ’s 2009 climate change conference in Copenhagen
with their heads and hearts in the right place.”





WE HAVE LIT THE FUSE AND IT IS BURNING FASTER! (WHM)





Bill Miller

Conservation Chair

Fort Collins Audubon Society



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From: Gary Wockner [mailto:garywockner@...]
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 10:57 AM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: THE AGE OF STUPID, PLAYING IN FORT COLLINS, MONDAY NIGHT



Hello Friends!

Amidst all that is going on, you may have missed this.... On Monday evening,
the world premiere of the futuristic climate change movie "The Age of
Stupid" will be playing across the world and in Fort Collins. Here's a story
about the movie and the issue:

http://www.grist.org/article/2009-09-18-video-interview-director-Armstrong-c
limate-film-Age-of-Stupid

It is playing at Cinemark theaters on Timberline at 5:30pm. Details here:
http://www.ageofstupid.net/screenings/cinemas/1507
You can purchase tickets right on that webpage.

All of this is occurring with no marketing budget, and so word of
mouth/email/etc. might, well, save the world and end the age of stupid!
Fascinating times we live in. Hope to see you there!

http://www.ageofstupid.net/

Gary



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Dear Auduboners -



The 26th will be a busy day in Fort Collins.



The Northern Colorado Birding Fair begins that day, out at Fossil Creek
Reservoir Regional Park, with bird walks commencing at 7:00 AM.  If you are
available to help staff the Audubon booth, please contact Ashley Waddell,
Volunteer Coordinator, at ashley.trailrunner@...



Also, there is an opportunity to help out with the Poudre river cleanup (see
announcement below).



Bill Miller

Conservation Chair

Fort Collins Audubon Society



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From: Media [mailto:media@...]
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 1:20 PM
To: announcements@...
Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Poudre River Clean-up Saturday September 26th






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PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release: Sept. 16, 2009
Contact: Gina C. Janett info@...
970 493-4677

Poudre River Clean-up September 26th

Johnson Controls, Inc. and the Save the Poudre Coalition are sponsoring a
Poudre River Clean-up to pick up trash along the river on Saturday,
September 26th, rain or shine.  Volunteers should meet at Lee Martinez Park,
600 N. Sherwood, Fort Collins. Sign-in starts at 8:30 am and the clean-up
runs until noon.  The community is invited to participate.

Each year, Johnson Controls employees volunteer for and donate $1,000 to
help a local non-profit under a Blue Sky Initiative program. This year,
their employee committee included a fisherman who suggested it would be good
to help clean up trash along the river and to support the Save the Poudre
Coalition.  And so a community-wide clean-up event was born.

The event is being co-sponsored by Fort Collins Audubon Society, Friends of
the Poudre, Poudre Paddlers, Sierra Club-Poudre Canyon Group, and the Rocky
Mountain Flycasters chapter of Trout Unlimited.

Volunteers are asked to wear long pants, a hat, heavy shoes or work boots
and to bring work gloves, water, sunscreen and bug repellant.  Volunteers
may pre-register by sending an email to info@... or calling
493-4677.  Children aged 6 -12 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Children ages 13-18 not accompanied by a parent or guardian are required to
bring a pre-signed Risk and Release form.  Children under the age of 6 may
not participate in the clean-up for safety reasons. For more information,
visit

www.savethepoudre.org.

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The Save The Poudre Coalition is made up of 15 national, state, and regional
groups including: National Wildlife Federation, Clean Water Action,
Defenders of Wildlife, American Rivers, Western Resource Advocates, Colorado
Environmental Coalition, Lighthawk, Environment Colorado, Sierra Club -
Rocky Mt. Chapter, Ft. Collins Audubon Society, Citizen Planners, Wolverine
Farm Publishing, Poudre Paddlers, Friends of the Poudre, and the Cache la
Poudre River Foundation. Membership in these groups totals over 3 million
American citizens.
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Hi all,

I wanted to get the word out about a couple great FCAS field trips coming up
quickly that didn't have time to get advertised in the last newsletter. Thanks!

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9/19/09, Saturday. Rocky Mountain National Park. 9:30 a.m. Leader: Ron Harden.
Meeting place: Upper Beaver Meadows Parking Lot. Ron will lead an outing to look
for late departing seasonal birds in the gorgeous Beaver Meadows area, and also
look for rutting elk in and around Moraine Park. Fall is an outstanding time to
visit RMNP! RSVP not required, but feel free to contact Ron at 970-667-3819 for
more information.

10/3/09, Saturday. Eastern Plains Reservoirs. 7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Leader: Eric
DeFonso. Meeting place TBA. This trip will focus on the numerous productive
reservoirs east of the Fort Collins area, like Timnath Reservoir, Lower Latham,
Loloff, and possibly Jackson. We will look for late passage migrants like
shorebirds, but also other aquatic varieties like waterfowl as well as landbirds
associated with the wooded and wet areas near the reservoirs. My trips are all
about enjoyment and learning more about birds, regardless of your amount of
experience. All levels welcome and encouraged to join! To sign up or get more
information, contact Eric DeFonso by email at yoericd@... or by phone at
(970)-472-1761.

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Eric DeFonso
Field Trip Coordinator
Fort Collins Audubon

Hopefully you can open this one.  If the message is unimportant to you, then
just enjoy the images.



Bill Miller



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Dear Birders,

        This year's Northern Colorado Birding fair will be held on Saturday,
September 26th.  As in past years, the day begins with birding.  We usually
have a mix of birders from very good to beginners.  Binoculars are provided
for the beginners.

        The walks begin at 7:00 a.m. and 7:15 a.m. led by volunteers.  If
you would be willing to share your knowledge of birds and birding, please
contact me, Joann Thomas, at jthomas91@... or 970-222-0741.

        Look forward to hearing from you,

Joann Thomas, Education Chair
Fort Collins Audubon Society


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