Evergreen Audubon & Nature Center
Local chapter of the National Audubon Society
Saturday September 7th was a glorious day, for weather and for the record setting number of nestboxes put together that day! Over 150 Bluebird, Flicker, and Nuthatch/Chickadee nest boxes were built in less than five hours, a Chapter Record! Even better than a record, this means that we will have that many more nestboxes for[…]
When summer has fully settled in along the Front Range in mid-July, birds often seem less active. Perhaps because of the tremendous effort it takes to attract a mate, build a nest, feed and raise young, or because warm weather induces a certain lassitude in bird behavior. Regardless, when looking for birds, getting out early[…]
On May 25, a pleasant Saturday morning, 8 Evergreen Audubon Birders went to the Chatfield Banding Station to observe Bird Conservancy of the Rockies (BCR) staff and volunteers band migrating birds. This banding station is operated every spring to track northward bird migration and provides a great opportunity to observe and understand how seasonal monitoring[…]
Saturday February 17, 2024 started cold, with a couple of inches of snow on the ground. But the day promised sunshine and so nine intrepid Evergreen Audubon birders converged on the stretch of the South Platte River, north of downtown Denver, to see what winter waterfowl and other birds might be present. The South Platte[…]
Saturday morning, September 16, 2023, was warm and pleasant as more than 43 Evergreen Audubon members and Evergreen families gathered at the newly opened Evergreen Nature Center to help solve a housing shortage – that is the housing shortage faced by many of our avian neighbors. As our community adapts to changing climate and the increasing[…]
Barr Lake, a 1,037-acre reservoir northeast of Denver next to Interstate 76, is the centerpiece of 2,715-acre Barr Lake State Park. Barr Lake itself is one of the best birding spots in the metropolitan Denver area and Evergreen Audubon visits Barr Lake at least once a year to enjoy the great birding on the lake[…]
Saturday, May 20, 2023, started cool and dry, a change from the wet weather that characterized the previous week. It was also surprisingly hazy from smoke drifting in from Alberta, where current wildfires remind and warn us that all that moisture we are so grateful to receive can also produce fuel for wildfires in our[…]
Our Evergreen Audubon Birders are a flexible bunch, as at the last minute our bird walk location was moved to Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. Despite the late change, seven stalwart birders arrived at the Arsenal, binoculars in hand and spotting scopes at the ready, excited to enjoy a cool but sunny early Spring[…]
