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YOU ARE INVITED
This
coming Saturday, May 10, 2008 is the date for out
Annual Spring Bird Count.
Each year since 1993 Grand Valley Audubon Society has had teams of birders
in the field covering all parts of Mesa County to count the number of
species and how many birds of each species can be seen in the County on this
one day. Our efforts are part of the
International Migratory Bird
Day, which
takes place throughout many states.
No experience
is needed to join one of the teams. This
is a very good opportunity to learn more about birding and to see many
species as the spring migration gets underway. When there are more people
on each team it means that more birds will be seen and counted. You might
not know the species you are looking at but the team leader will know and
you will learn in the process.
YOU WILL ENJOY
PARTICIPATING!
If you know of others who might
like to get into birding this is the time to invite them. Anyone can
participate and you only have to call one of the leaders listed below to say
you would like to participate. Each team will meet at a time and place
decided by the party leader. Most teams will be active for the whole day
and you will need to bring a lunch, water and sunscreen.
We will have 13 Teams covering
various parts of the county and each team will be led by an experienced
birder. Here are the areas and the party leaders:
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SPRING BIRD COUNT 2008 |
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Saturday, May 10, 2008 |
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Area No. |
Description |
Leader |
Phone |
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1 |
Mack Area State line to
13 Rd |
Peter
Robinson |
241-3212 |
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2 |
Loma - Fruita - Grand
Junction from 13 Rd to 23 Rd |
Margaret
Strange |
241-3043 |
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3 |
Grand Junction 23 Rd
to 30 Rd and Connected Lakes |
Frank
Coons |
257-9096 |
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4 |
30 Rd to 42 Rd Colorado
River Wildlife Area; Corn Lake; Clifton Marsh |
Ronda
Woodward |
256-0725 |
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5 |
Greater Debeque -
Triangle Palisade to town of Mesa and Debeque Cutoff to and around town
of Debeque |
Fran & Paul Didier |
242-8643 |
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6 |
Plateau Valley From
town of Mesa to and including Vega State Park |
Jim
Liewer |
243-7020 |
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7 |
Mesa
to Delta County Line On Top of Grand Mesa |
Gracie
Ehlert |
241-1904 |
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8 |
Redlands & Colorado
Nat'l Monument |
Bob
Bradley |
263-4613 |
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9 |
Glade
Park and Pinion Mesa |
Art Smith |
242-8916 |
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10 |
East Creek from
Whitewater to Divide Road and up on Uncompahgre to Delta County Line |
Andrea
Robinsong |
872-3952
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11 |
Unaweep Divide down
West Creek To Gateway, Dolores River Canyon & John Browns Canyon |
John
Toolen |
985-9089 |
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12 |
Cheney & Juanita
Reservoirs & Lands End Road |
Tom
Moran |
243-9745 |
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13 |
Indian Point & Blue
Mesa Trails |
Lee
Stigen |
241-3905 |
“Raptors in Junction”
Special Audubon Public
Evening Program on Friday, May 2nd at 7 P.M.
at the
First Presbyterian Church, 3940 27 1/2 Road, Grand Junction
The Grand Valley Audubon Society
is co-sponsoring with the Girl Scouts of America a program called:
“Raptors in
Junction” -
Emily Miller, an 8th grader at Mount Garfield Middle School, has
arranged to bring raptors from Ft. Collins for this event in our community.
See the attached PowerPoint
presentation about the event. (If you do not have PowerPoint
please click and execute the attached PowerPoint
viewer file.)
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