RESCHEDULED: Snowshoe Trip now MARCH 1

Tracks in snow © Julie Hart

PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR TRIP WAS SNOWED OUT ON SATURDAY, FEB. 21. WE WILL HAVE OUR TRIP ON SUNDAY, MARCH 1.

Join Laramie Audubon Society on a Snow Tracking Field Trip this Sunday. Bring your snowshoes or cross-country skis and wear your layered winter clothing. Gary Beauvais, Director of the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, will lead us on a trek through the snow at Chimney Park (USFS). Gary will show us various tracks in the snow and help us learn to identify who made the tracks. This is a great way to enjoy the outdoors on a winter morning.

Meet at 8am at Coal Creek Coffee (downtown Laramie) on Sunday, March 1, to caffeinate and carpool. We will drive out to Chimney Park Trailhead in the US Forest, 32 miles southwest of Laramie on Hwy 230. Bring snacks, maybe a lunch, and water. Be sure to dress for the weather. We usually return to Laramie around 1pm.

There is a $5 fee per vehicle at the trailhead unless you have an annual pass. Be sure to display your pass (if you have one) on your dashboard.

If you have any questions, you may call Vicki Henry at 307-760-9518.

Upcoming talk by Mike Lockhart

Green Violetear. Photo © Mike Lockhart.

We are excited to have Mike Lockhart speak to us this Wednesday,  25 February in the Berry Biodiversity Center. Mike's talk is entitled "Way cool and smokin' hot birds and other wildlife: Images from the Arctic and tropical America."

We will start the mingling and refreshments at 6:30 pm and at 7:00 pm Mike, a retired U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist, will share photos and video clips from his travels and work. He is the former Recovery Coordinator for the black-footed ferret project and has had a long career working with raptors and other wildlife, including many years assisting in polar bear capture and satellite telemetry studies in Alaska. His tropical travels include trips to Costa Rica, Panama, and Ecuador. Mike will present a series of photos and videos of spectacular vistas and species from extremes in environments and color. His photos are truly exceptional and his knowledge about wildlife is profound. You will not want
to miss this program!

Feb. 21 Field Trip - depends on weather -- Please read message below.

The weather may not cooperate with our field trip on Saturday morning.  If it is snowing on Saturday morning at 7:30am, or if the roads are icy between Laramie and Chimney Park, we will  postpone our snow tracking trip to Sunday, March 1, meeting at Coal Creek Coffee at 8am, then carpooling to Chimney Park.

You may call Vicki Henry at 760-9518 after 7am on Saturday, Feb., 21, or watch for an email announcing the postponement.

Snow Tracking Field Trip at Chimney Park on Saturday morning, February 21

Join us on a Snow Tracking Field Trip this Saturday, February 21.  Bring your cross-country skis or snowshoes and wear your layered winter clothing.  Gary Beauvais, Director of the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, will lead us on a trek through the snow at Chimney Park (USFS).  Gary will show us various tracks in the snow and help us learn to identify who made the tracks.  This is a great way to enjoy the outdoors on a winter morning.

Snow tracking field trip. Photo by Julie Hart.

Meet at 8 am at Coal Creek Coffee to caffeinate and carpool.  We will drive out to Chimney Park Trailhead in the US Forest, 32 miles southwest of Laramie on Hwy 230.  Bring snacks, water and dress for the weather.  We usually return to Laramie around 1pm.

There is a $5 fee per vehicle at the trailhead unless you have an annual pass. If you have one, be sure to display your pass on your dashboard.

If you have any questions, you may call Vicki at 307-760-9518.