Saturday, 11 November 2017

[cobirds] 11/28 Annual Holiday Sale and Scott Rashid on Barn Owls

Brought to you by Boulder County Audubon Society (BCAS) 

 

Gift and Book Sales, 

"Interludes with Nature" Registration


Scott Rashid:  Barn Owls


Tuesday, November 28, 2017

 

Unitarian-Universalist Church 

5001 Pennsylvania Avenue, Boulder

 

FREE hot drinks and holiday treats!  Door prizes on the half-hour.  Silent Auction table.

 

5-7 P.M., HOLIDAY SALE, and after Scott's talk, until 9:30.  We will offer a broad array of nature related gifts.  Do your holiday shopping while helping the environment!  We will again be selling Triple Certified coffees from Cafe Ibis.  Triple=Organic+Shade Grown+Fair Trade, help preserve habitat!

 

7:15 PROGRAM:  "The Life of the Barn Owl" by, Scott Rashid, founder of the Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute, (CARRI).  For the last four years, Scott has been installing  nest boxes, monitoring them and then banding many successful broods.  He will tell of his experiences and what he has learned about these lovely, enigmatic raptors.

 

BOOK SALES:  We have had two major donations of book collections this year and will be offering these at very reasonable prices.  The volumes include bird and natural history topics, many collectible and out of print. 

 

AUTHORS:  Scott Rashid, Cindy and Bob Maynard, Steve Jones, Scott Brown 

 

ARTISTS AND VENDORS:  Anne Gifford, Christie Lovett, Judi Dressler, Nina Davis, Ron Butler, Lisa Sobieniak, Annika Anderson, Environment for the Americas, Pam Piombino, Marie-Juliette Bird, and Vegan Holiday Cookies by Dale Ball.

 

"INTERLUDES WITH NATURE":  This evening will be the first opportunity to register for these very popular, limited participation offerings.  This is a series of fundraising outings led by the best of our local naturalists to special places.  All monies raised support our Teen Naturalist Camp Scholarship Program.  

 

Scott Rashid:  Banding Baby Barn Owls, usually late June

 

Steve Jones:  Roxborough State Park, Mon., June 18

 

Marcel Such and Carl Starace:  Gunnison Sage Grouse, Sat/Sun Apr. 14-15

 

Carron Meaney:  Beavers, Nature's Landscape Architects, Date, TBD

 

Ted Floyd:  The Nature Conservancy's, Carpenter Ranch, Steamboat, weekend trip, late June or early July

 

Bill Kaempfer:  Greater Prairie Chickens. Wray, CO Sat/Sun Apr. 7-8

 

Raymond Bridge:  Geology of the Front Range Date, TBD

 

Alison Holloran:  A Bird in the Hand, Wyoming Little Laramie River, June 23-24

 

Scott Severs, Jan Chu & Pam Piombino:  Arapaho Ranch Bug Safari July or August

 

Prairie Ecosystems

Fri.-Sun. June 8-10

Dave Leatherman:   Birds including Loggerhead Shrikes

Paul Opler:   Night Butterflies (Moths)

Mike Weismann:    Insects 

John Spenser:  Astronomy

Botanist TBD

 

 

 

 

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