Saturday Field Trip/Volunteer Training (Raptor Identification - November 1)

Our field trip this Saturday (November 1) is something a little different.  Caroline Fegley -- coordinator of the Hawk Migration Association's Winter Raptor Survey -- will be our trip leader.  She'll start with an indoor presentation focused on raptor identification and the HMA's Winter Raptor Survey.  We'll then head outside to bird along the Greenbelt and to conduct a mock raptor survey.  The event will be informative and fun for all, regardless of whether you decide to participate in the Winter Survey event.

Meet promptly at 11:30 a.m. at the corner of Commerce Drive and Industry Drive in West Laramie (Laramie River Greenbelt trailhead within the Laramie River Business Park: "Greenbelt Industrial Trailhead").  Email kathy.rittle@yahoo.com if you have trouble finding the group.  

Volunteers Clean and Assess Tree Swallow Nest Boxes at Wyoming Territorial Prison

 On a clear and windy morning, Friday, October 17, 2 Board and 2 Member volunteers gathered with Carlo of Wyoming State Parts at the Wyoming Territorial Prison to clean out and assess damage to the tree swallow nest boxes on site that Laramie Audubon Society has monitored in the past to provide data on tree swallows to Nest Watch.

Today's visit revealed several nest boxes with broken parts and missing screws, as well as some that are missing from their posts. (One of these was missing because a telephone pole it was attached to was replaced several years ago.) Other interesting observations included three nest boxes that had been used this season by northern flickers. 

Laramie Audubon Society would like to repair and replace nest boxes and begin our monitoring program again. We welcome volunteers to help with activities. Please reach out to laramie.audubon@gmail.com if interested. We also look forward to the possibility of teaming up with Wyoming State Parks to make new boxes next fall during Public Lands Day.