Hello, Birders. Here's an announcement for an interesting upcoming birding trip:
=============================================== Saturday, November 5 Wetlands Bus Birding with Petrea Mah – Sombrero Marsh 8:30 am – 11:30 am - Please be on time – the bus will not wait Meet at Scott Carpenter Park Join Boulder County Audubon past president Petrea Mah for a bus ride and birding. We'll meet near the Long JUMP bus stop on Arapahoe on the north side of Scott Carpenter Park (30th and Arapahoe in Boulder) and bus out to Sombrero Marsh for an easy walk to look for ducks and other wetland birds. We will do a brief orientation to wetland birding on the bus as we ride to this alkaline salt marsh that is Boulder County's largest natural wetland. After we JUMP off the bus at the 63rd and Arapahoe stop, we will walk through a residential area before we reach the marsh. As we walk, we can notice the birds there and compare them to what we see in the marsh. If there is water in the marsh [which there is as of this week--TED], we may have a chance to see some unusual shorebirds and waterfowl as they migrate south. Everyone is welcome. Please bring water, a snack, and footwear suitable for easy trail hiking; and bird guides and binoculars if you have them.The bus is free with an Eco Pass and free to the first 10 participants who are first-time bus riders. Otherwise, please bring exact change ($2.25 for adults, $1.10 for seniors 65+, individuals with disabilities, Medicare recipients, and students in elementary, middle and high school, ages 6-19. Children five or younger ride free. Active-duty members of the U.S. military currently ride for free ) for each ride up and back. Bus Birding information: BusBirding.Societyrne.Net Program information: Petrea Mah at 303-494-4121 or [email protected] =============================================== Ted Floyd Lafayette, Blessed Boulder County [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
