It's a holiday tradition for birders in the Front Range metro region: The Great Boulder Caper, held each year the day after Thanksgiving. This year we'll be capering around Boulder County on Fri., Nov. 29. Join us for as much or as little of The Caper as you wish.
We'll get underway at 7:30am MST on the south shore of McIntosh Lake in Longmont. Exact meeting place: At the intersection of Lakeshore Dr. & Lakeview Cir. Confusingly, Lakeview Cir. intersects twice with Lakeshore Dr.; we'll be at the more westerly of the two intersections, at 40°11'24.2"N 105°09'00.0"W.
From Longmont, we'll work our way roughly southward toward Lafayette. Hard to say exactly where we'll go, but possible stops include Golden Ponds, Little Gaynor Lake, Raptor Alley, Walden Ponds, Greenlee Wildlife Preserve, and Stearns Lake. Or, who knows, maybe we'll do a left turn and head over to Dodd and Lagerman and The Rez. On The Caper, you never know. Party at Elena's?—again, you never know.
The Great Boulder Caper is sponsored by Colorado Field Ornithologists, and The Caper is free and open to the public. Although several CFO BOD members will be on hand—and may gently twist your arm in the highly likely event that you are not already a member of CFO. :-)
No experience necessary. Bring your non-birding friends and companions. Consider carpooling. Bring kombucha, quinoa, orange jellies, and other Thanksgiving leftovers to share. Bring good cheer!
Co-leaders for The Caper are Megan Jones Patterson, Elena Klaver, and Yours Truly. RSVP recommended. Please contact co-leader Ted Floyd by email ("tedfloyd73" at "gmail" dot "com") to let us know that you're coming—and how many of you there will be.
Cool birds we have a decent chance of seeing: snow goose, greater white-fronted goose, Virginia rail, ferruginous hawk, merlin, prairie falcon, bushtit, marsh wren, winter wren, American dipper, swamp sparrow, and white-throated sparrow. And, almost assuredly, something nobody's really been thinking of. That's how it always is on The Caper.
Hope to see you all next Friday! Again, RSVP recommended. But we'll let you caper with us if you just show up. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!
Ted Floyd
Lafayette, Colorado
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