CoBirders --
-- About a year ago, I sent a message about Bluff Lake Nature Center's capital campaign to shore up the lake so that it will not dry out, as it has for much of the last three years.
Of the $3.1 million dollar goal, 99.5+% has been raised. THANK YOU to any of you who have donated. As of today, Bluff Lake is only $2,063 short of the goal! They need to raise the last bit by November 1.
I bird Bluff Lake regularly (and work there very part time) and average 30+ species when the lake is full and about 20 when the lake is empty. When the lake has water, it is the highlight of most walks. It was amusing and a little sad this September to watch the lake shrink day by day, squeezing 25+ pelicans, 25+ snowy egrets, ducks, killdeer, and ~8 snipe into a smaller and smaller area. Then one day, I was walking a class of third graders toward the lake and telling them to sneak very quietly because we were about to see a lot of really cool birds and we didn't want to scare them off. But when we got to the lake...it was gone. No birds, and disappointment on their faces. I taught a lesson there about the water cycle, but I'd much rather have shown them pelicans.
Normally I would not send a fundraising appeal to CoBirds, but this will have such a direct impact on the birds at one of Denver's best hotspots that I wanted you all to be aware of the opportunity.
Thanks,
Chris Rurik
Denver, CO
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