Please join Aiken Audubon inColorado Springs as we begin our program year on Wednesday, September 18 with aprogram by Jason Beason and his Black Swift research. When: Wednesday,September 18th Time: Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for socializing, coffee and snacks / Programstarts at 7:00 p.m. / Ends approximately 8:30 p.m. Where: Colorado Division of Wildlife, 4255 Sinton Road, Colorado Springs- Please use rear entrance. Note thatSinton Road runs parallel to I-25 on the East side, between Garden of the GodsRd. and Fillmore St. Program Details: JasonBeason & Black Swifts Often regarded as Colorado’sCoolest Bird, the Black Swift is one of the most mysterious bird species in thewestern U.S. Despite a very large breeding range from the West Indies and CostaRica to the south and Alaska to the north, it is one of the least studied birdspecies in the Americas. Until 2012, there was no information about where thenorthern subspecies (Cypseloides niger borealis) spent the winter. There arestill many information gaps about the natural history of the subspecies. We don’thave a thorough understanding of its distribution in North America and we haveno idea of the total population size throughout its range. Most research on thenorthern subspecies has taken place in Colorado thanks to a small group ofdedicated citizen scientists. Jason received a bachelor’s fromThe Ohio State University (1990) where he majored in natural resources. Aftercollege, he moved out west and began birding and has worked on a wide varietyof avian research projects involving birds throughout the western U.S. Jason,his wife Kerry, and their son Otus and daughter Twyla, own and operate RainCrow Farm near Paonia, Colorado. They are proud of the habitat they provide forbirds and all wildlife on their farm and their yard bird list is currently at182 species. Programs are always free and no RSVP is required! Hope to see you there! Christine A. Bucher President, Aiken Audubon Society Colorado Springs, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/8D07D5042901D10-780-631A%40webmail-d143.sysops.aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
