PLEASE NOTE: THIS TRIP IS SOLD OUT AND THE WAITLIST IS FULL.
Leader: Scott Rashid
Date: 6:30-10 p.m. (or later) Saturday, September 16, 2023
Fees: $50.00 per person, snacks and beverages provided
Limited to 10 people, location is Rocky Mountain National Park
Registration: Please see How to Register for an Interludes Trip to register.
Scott surely knows more about the small owls of Colorado than any other person residing in our lovely state. Join this rehabilitator, bander, author, artist and researcher for an evening in Rocky Mountain National Park.
When you arrive at the Hidden Valley parking lot, you will help set up the nets and audio equipment used to attract the owls. Fortunately, the park service allows Scott to work out of a building, so our group won’t be standing around in the cold while we wait for owls to be netted. Once a bird is captured, you will witness how vital information including age, sex, condition, molt, etc., is processed and then see the owl banded. How often do you have a chance to be a few feet from one of these small owls?
As a bonus, Pam Piombino will run her moth lights by the cabin. This is a two-fer!
This trip is part of the Interludes with Nature field trip series. These trips are led by the area’s most knowledgeable birders and naturalists who take participants to places they wouldn’t often get to see. Monies raised by this important fundraising tool send our Teen Naturalists to birding camps.