Burrowing Owls in Boulder County: A tiny owl’s battle for survival! – ONLINE MEETING
Burrowing Owls with butterfly prey item. Photo courtesy of Audubon Field Guide. Join Boulder County Audubon in an online meeting on *January 26th, 2021* to learn from Sue Cass about the fascinating history of *Burrowing Owls* in Boulder County and the work done by our County, City, and many BCAS members who have volunteered to monitor these charismatic owls. In 1909, Junius Henderson, founder and first Curator of the University of Colorado Henderson Museum of Natural History, declared Burrowing Owl “our most abundant owl on the plains”. Boy, have things changed! By the 1990s, Burrowing Owl had nearly disappeared from Boulder County. In 2008, Boulder County Parks and Open Space (BCPOS), City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) and the Boulder County Audubon Society (BCAS), with support from the Boulder County Nature Association (BCNA), united in a single cause to locate and monitor every Burrowing Owl nest in the County and the fact that Burrowing Owl is a prairie dog commensal interfuses survival challenges for both species here on the burgeoning Front Range! This is a report on thirteen years of Burrowing Owl monitoring in Boulder County! [image: Image of Burrowing Owl standing on one leg on fence post.] Burrowing Owl. Photo by Steve Jones. Sue Cass is the proud matriarch of a six generation Boulder family and a passionate life-long birder. Sue has contributed enormously to the local ecological community, for which the Boulder County Audubon Society awarded Sue its 2014 Environmental Conservation Award and in 2015 Sue received Boulder County Parks and Open Space Environmental Stewardship Award. Sue’s contributions include serving on the Board of Directors of Boulder County Nature Association <https://www.bcna.org/>, since 2001, currently as president; serving on the BCPOS Parks and Open Space Advisory Committee; coordinating the BCNA Winter Raptor Survey <http://bcna.org/raptorlinks.html> since 2001; and coordinator the volunteers for the last 10 years for the BCPOS Burrowing Owl Survey. Sue is also a Volunteer Naturalist for Boulder County Parks and Open Space since 2001 and provides advanced training in raptor ecology and field ID for new Volunteer Naturalists and raptor nest monitors in addition to field ID and instruction on interpretive public programing on the broader subject of the birds of Boulder County. ------------------------------ *When:* Tuesday January 26, 2021. The presentation starting at 7:15 PM. Everyone is encouraged to join early to work through any connection issues (the meeting room will be open at ~7:00 PM). *Where:* This meeting will be held online. All participants will be muted upon entry to the meeting room. The chat feature will be on so you can write questions for the speaker. To join the meeting, click the link to be directed to the meeting room. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82351730641?pwd=TWEySTZjSlJudytvRVM2MUdHUDFmUT09 If the link above does not work, you can join by going to https://zoom.us/ and entering the Meeting ID and Password (below). If you wish to join audio by telephone, you can also call either number below or find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kb5c2jtca <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kb5c2jtca&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1606679905432000&usg=AOvVaw2zX3c5KWIrOStuMYao6-Dx>. We highly recommend you also join the meeting by video (but don’t connect audio) due to the visual nature of this presentation. - +1 301 715 8592 US - +1 253 215 8782 US Meeting ID: 823 5173 0641 Password: 001700 Join/Membership Learn about joining the Boulder County Audubon Society. Read More <https://www.boulderaudubon.org/join-bcas> Found an Injured Bird? Visit the Colorado Native Bird Care and Conservation website- Click Here <http://coloradonativebird.org/index.html> Made Possible By You <http://scfd.org> <http://coloradogives.org> Follow Us! NATURE-NET <https://www.boulderaudubon.org/nature-net> facebook.com/BoulderAudubon twitter.com/BoulderAudubon -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGdTUTbQJQ4gfC_P1v0ZbaxWKqcOX_A9ctWc4QE0WdiQkEwnyQ%40mail.gmail.com.
