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This past Saturday was October Big Day, the fall counterpart to Global Big Day where people around the world unite to share their love of our avian friends. In celebration of the day, Front Range Birding teamed up with Wild Bear Nature Center for a bird walk around their new nature center site up at…

Summer in the high country of Colorado means cool and crisp mornings, warm and sunny afternoons, and baby birds galore. Oh, and moose. Our early August Reefs to Rockies trip to North Park provided all those things and more. The three-day adventure began just west of Denver on a Friday morning, when guides Chip Clouse…

Hudson Gardens Walk – Saturday, July 27, 2024 Led by Patti Galli I know I say this every time! But we get the most wonderful beginner birders. Eager to learn and participate. And this time was no exception, we also had two very young birders joining us and spotted a couple great birds! It started…

Wednesday, July 17, 2024 Littleton Walk Led by David Suddjian Hi Everyone, Thank you for joining today’s walk at Deer Creek Canyon Park. Several of you were new to this popular park, and it was fun to give you a bit of an introduction to it. I’ve shared our eBird checklist. If you do not…

Participants had to brave the heat for this month’s bird walk at Meyers Gulch, but were rewarded with a host of montane birds at this beautiful location on the west side of Flagstaff Mountain in the Walker Ranch area. The trail begins by passing through Ponderosa Pine savannah (open grasslands with scattered trees), then passes…

Saturday, July 6, 2024 Hi Friends, Thanks for joining today’s Front Range Birding Co walk along the South Platte River at Chatfield SP. I’ve shared our checklist with each of you, and here is a link to the checklist.  Our pair of American Redstarts were certainly a highlight, as were the many Yellow Warblers and the songs of…

Saturday, June 29, 2024 Bird Walk at Hudson Gardens with Ruth Gabreski This morning was almost perfect weather in Hudson Gardens, low 60’s and all the Bunnies were nibbling on cool grass.  Several geese were flying overhead, along with Double-crested Cormorants. Moving along through crabapple trees, crossing the bridge along the South Platte, we watched Mallards…

Button Rock Preserve, located about 7 miles outside of Lyons, Colorado, is a 2,691 acre protected area where Longmont, Colorado, gets the majority of its drinking water. The preserve opened to the public in 1965 and it’s a fantastic place to get up into the mountains and bird. FRBC has never done a bird walk…

I maintain there is no better month in Colorado than May, and Golden Ponds is a fantastic place to enjoy spring unfolding. Like most of the ponds in the state, Golden Ponds is the product of reclamation following gravel mining. The first pond closest to the parking lot is a good one for American White…

We couldn’t have had a better day this past Saturday for our trip to Stearn’s Lake! Stearn’s Lake is located within the Carolyn Holmberg Preserve at Rock Creek Farm, which is managed by Boulder County Parks and Open Space. The big draw at Stearn’s Lake is the presence of nesting Bald Eagles and we weren’t…