On Sunday, Dec. 16, Evergreen Audubon will conduct the 50th Christmas Bird Count for the Evergreen/Idaho Springs area.  This is one of about 2500 Christmas counts held each year throughout the Western Hemisphere.

On that day we will head out in small groups to find as many species and individual birds as we can in a 15-mile-diameter circle that extends from Robinson Hill Road on the north to just south of the Brook Forest Inn; and from near Echo Lake on the west to the bottom of Kerr Gulch on the eastern side. Folks of all abilities and ages are encouraged to participate by joining one of our fifteen groups for all, or part, of the day.

If getting outside seems a bit daunting in mid-December, we also need people to stay at home and count the birds that come to their feeders. Barbara Jean Gard will be coordinating the feeder counters again this year.  Contact me, Chuck Aid at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., if you would like to be a feeder counter and I will put you in touch with Barbara Jean.

For more information, go to: https://www.evergreenaudubon.org/events/evergreen-idaho-springs-christmas-bird-count-dec-16/