Fond du Lac Audubon Society announces January programs

Small Mountain Owls

Wednesday, January 14, 7 pm via Zoom from home

Join us for a presentation with Scott Rashid, Director of the Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute (CARRI). Originally from Fond du Lac, Scott has been living in Estes Park since 1989. 

Small Mountain Owls is the name of Scott’s most recent book. His presentation covers four small owls found in the western mountains, especially in the Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) area. Learn about the natural history of the Northern Pygmy-Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Boreal Owl, and the Flammulated Owl. Scott has been researching and rehabilitating these owls for more than 30 years.

Scott has documented the first nest of Flammulated Owls in RMNP and the first-ever Boreal Owl nest there and each species’ preferred habitats, nests, feeding, courtship, growth of young, and more.

Scott and his researchers have been trapping and banding these birds as part of their research. Find out the results of banding operations, how many of the birds are captured by CARRI members each fall, and where they may spend the winters.

A link to the Zoom presentation will be emailed to members and be on our Facebook page. Anyone not currently receiving our email notices and wanting the January Zoom link, please send us your email at fondyaudubon@gmail.com. We do not share our email list and only use it for our program reminders.

Snowshoe Saturday at Kiekhaefer Park
Saturday, January 17, 1 pm, 4235 Kiekhaefer Parkway

Enjoy a guided winter exploration of the hilly trails at beautiful Kiekhaefer Park. If there is good snow, we will snowshoe; otherwise we will hike. (Canceled if too muddy, raining, or temp/wind chill below zero.)

Limited snowshoes will be available by reservation at no charge, courtesy of Attitude Sports. For trail conditions or to reserve snowshoes, contact Diana at 920-922-7931 or dianahbeck@gmail.com.