UPCOMING PROGRAMSSAVE THE DATES: CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT DECEMBER 14, 2025 - December 15, 2025, 5:30 - 7 pm Chili Dinner: Volunteer Thank You Volunteer Dinner is Free Guests Dinner $20 Registration Required All dinner participants must register by Dec. 10th. Registration Links: Volunteer Chili Dinner Guests Chili Dinner $20 REGISTER FOR CBCClick the AREA & NUMBER YOU WANT FOR REGISTRATION LINK:
Area 2: Adobe Creek - Steve Cunningham
Area 3: Appleton - John Higgins Area 4: Connected Lakes - Cecelia Barr / Lee Stigen Area 5: D Rd - Downtown GJ - Mike Henwood Area 6: Fruita Northeast - Cary Atwood Area 7: Fruita Southeast - Pam Lauman / Deb Tubridy Area 8: Grand Junction North - Carrie McVean Area 9: Gunnison River south - Kathleen McGinley Area 10: Monument East - Lee Gelatt Area 11: Monument West - Doug Diekman Area 12: Orchard Mesa - Shannon Young Area 13: Redlands East - Christine Alexander Area 14: Redlands West - Logan Wagner CBC Contact: Doug Diekman, [email protected]
What does a leader need to do? The team leader will keep a list of all participants on the team and their contact information, and a tally of all birds observed during the count. This information will be sent to our compiler Janet Gallenstein. The leader can also help recruit team members. Volunteer for the Annual Christmas Bird Count on Sunday, December 14, 2025. We will be publishing the registrations to participate at different areas, with leader information soon! Check back here and watch for the sign-up! Doug Diekman will coordinate the event for 2025! Leaders - let Doug Diekman know you are interested: [email protected] 2ND ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAM "SHOOTING BIRDS"
MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2026
"Shooting Birds" Grand Valley Audubon's 2nd Annual Photography Program Social: 6:30 - 7:00 pm Poetry & Program: 7:00 - 8:30 pm Colorado Poet: Dee Covington A Program Dedicated to Birding Photography:
• Submit 2-4 Original Photos taken in 2025 • Send via e-mail as a digital JPEG • Attend our program meeting on January 19th, 2026 (if possible) • Be willing to share Information on location, species, type of camera used, camera settings and be willing to talk about or provide information about your photographic process (phone photos might be great, don’t be afraid to share one) You do not have to be an expert on birds You do not have to be a professional photographer ANYONE can submit photos: Get out there and take some pictures and/or go through and submit your favorite pics of your wildlife, birding year. SPECIAL NOTE: This year we want to include a Young Birder/Photographer Category, Ages 13-21. We encourage you to mentor a young adult birder and have them send in a photo or two and join us on Jan 19th. Help us to pass on this invitation. SEND PICTURES STARTING DECEMBER 29th - January 9th Email photo files to: [email protected] Photo by Bob Clarke, Great Egret, 7.9.23 GVAS Meetings are the 3rd Monday of the month.
Location: The First Presbyterian Church, 3940 27 1/2 Rd, Grand Junction, CO 81506. Each meeting begins with a poetry reading by one of our fabulous Colorado poets. Wendy Videlock, our Western Slope Poet Laureate, is coordinating poets for our upcoming programs. Sit back and enjoy! |
DECEMBER/JANUARY BIRDWALKSDecember Bird Walk – DELTA LAKES
Wednesday, December 3 at 8:00 am LEADER: John Higgins: [email protected] MEET: 8:00 am Sandhill cranes and white geese! We will drive to G50 and Sawmill Mesa Roads near Delta looking for cranes and eagles. Then to Confluence Park for Snow and hopefully Ross Geese. Last stop at Sweitzer Lake for ducks and eagles. They finally fixed the dam and the roads there. We will leave at 8 a.m. from the Wells Fargo ATM in the Orchard Mesa City Market parking lot. We will finish birding in Delta by 11 a.m. Dress for the weather. There will be scopes and bird ID charts. Restrooms at both lakes. Drivers, please bring your state parks pass for Sweitzer. Carpooling is encouraged. Pay your driver! Everyone is welcome. Non-birders and new birders are especially invited, as well those who are mobility challenged and can bird from their cars or sitting at a table or foldable chair. Contact: John Higgins, 520-609-2361, [email protected] _________________________________________________________________ January Bird Walk – DUCK DAY ON THE COLORADO RIVER Wednesday, January 21, 2026 at 8:00 am LEADER: John Higgins: [email protected] MEET: 8:00 am Winter weather brings in a variety of ducks, along with more hawks, herons and Bald Eagles. We will go to three different spots. You are welcome to meet at all or some of them. At 8 am, if you want to caravan with the leader, meet at the Colorado Welcome Center in Fruita. Carpooling is encouraged. At 8:15 am meet at the Colorado River State Park in Fruita at the south parking lot of the south lake. Bring your state park pass. At 9:15 am meet at Colorado River State Park at Connected Lakes at the restroom parking lot (second left in the park.) Bring your state park pass. At 10:30 am meet at Colorado River State Park Pear Lake Section on 29 Road (not Corn Lake on 32nd Road.) The Riverside Trail parking lot is north of the river and south of C1/2 road., We will bird slow to the east on the cement path then go back to the cars. We will finish before noon. There is room for everyone. If you are mobility challenged, you are especially invited to the first two stops, since we will be birding from the flat parking lots. The third stop is a slow half mile walk on a cement trail. Everyone bring snacks and drink. Dress for the weather. There will be scopes at the first two stops. Bring yours if you want. Restrooms at all three spots. If you have never been birding or you are a new beginner, you are especially invited. No one needs to sign up, just show up! Contact: John Higgins, 520-609-2361, [email protected] 
BIRDWALKS INFO Bird Walks are one of Grand Valley Audubon Society's most popular events and Pam Johnson is the Bird Walk Organizer. But she needs your help! Can you identify an area for a possible walk? When is a good time of year to watch the birds in this area? Click to download a BirdWalkworkSheet.docx to complete and return to Pam using the email or phone number below. She will contact you for clarification and details. Dates and times will be posted into the calendar on the website and the newsletter. She hopes to organize two walks a month. Send your suggestions to Pam Johnson at [email protected]. You can also leave her a message at 970-523-5443. Thank you for all you do to support Grand Valley Audubon Society! GRAND VALLEY GIVES is a collaboration of non-profits that participate in Colorado Gives Day and are based in Mesa County. GIVE WHERE YOU LIVE! Donate here: www.grandvalleygives.org/ 
Tuesday, Dec. 9th is Colorado Gives Day But Giving Any Day Starts Today! NOTICE: The Audubon Nature Preserve (both north and south of Dike Rd.) IS FULLY CLOSED until further notice. Construction on Phases 2 & 3 of our Wetlands Improvement Project is in progress and we need to keep visitors and their cars out of the way. There will be no parking near the Preserve gate on the south side of Dike Rd. We apologize for any inconvenience and for the mess but we promise the results will be worth it. LOOKING TO DO |