Birding Links
Colorado Birders is an online social birding community. Check the site for other birding opportunities around the state.
eNature is an informative web site with wildlife guides for more than 5,000 North American species, a library of over 500 bird calls, guides to National Parks and Refuges, a Backyard Habitat Planner, and the Ask an Expert section. The section on migrating birds is especially interesting.
A real-time, online checklist program, eBird has revolutionized the way that the birding community reports and accesses information about birds. Launched in 2002 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, eBird provides rich data sources for basic information on bird abundance and distribution at a variety of spatial and temporal scales.
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Ongoing Programs
Gather in the Rainbow to Radiate the Colors
Sunday Morning Tai Chi and Chi Gong.
Are you looking for a natural space to practice your tai chi and chi gong?
No Charge. No instructors. No crowds.
Whether you practice for meditative, medical or martial arts purpose, feel free to roam Bluff Lake’s wildlife refuge trails.
Join us on Sundays from 7:30 am -9:00 am. Please email Mary Jo Hanson for more information. |
Bluff Lake Birders
Calling all bird lovers! -- Break out those binoculars and join Bluff Lake Volunteer Naturalists as they guide you through the trails at Bluff Lake in search of avian adventures. Throughout the recorded history of Bluff Lake, more than 130 different species of birds have been spotted at Bluff Lake.
Join us on the first Saturday of every month from:
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Redwing Blackbird |
Don’t miss your chance to learn from an expert! No experience is necessary. Bring your binoculars and bird book if you have them. If you don’t have the equipment, we have plenty to share. Be sure to dress for the weather!
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What did the Bluff Lake Birders see during 2010?
Canada Goose |
Gadwall |
American Wigeon |
Mallard |
Blue-winged Teal |
Cinnamon Teal |
Northern Shoveler |
Green-winged Teal |
Redhead |
Lesser Scaup |
Hooded Merganser |
Pied-billed Grebe |
American White Pelican |
Double-crested Cormorant |
Great Blue Heron |
Snowy Egret |
Black-crowned Night-Heron |
Cooper's Hawk |
Swainson's Hawk |
Red-tailed Hawk |
American Kestrel |
Sora |
American Coot |
Killdeer |
American Avocet |
Spotted Sandpiper |
Ring-billed Gull |
gull sp. |
Rock Pigeon |
Mourning Dove |
Great Horned Owl |
Belted Kingfisher |
Downy Woodpecker |
Northern Flicker |
Olive-sided Flycatcher |
Say's Phoebe |
Western Kingbird |
Warbling Vireo |
Blue Jay |
Black-billed Magpie |
American Crow |
Tree Swallow |
Violet-green Swallow |
Barn Swallow |
Cliff Swallow |
Black-capped Chickadee |
Rock Wren |
House Wren |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Mountain Bluebird |
Swainson's Thrush |
American Robin |
European Starling |
Yellow Warbler |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Mourning Warbler |
Common Yellowthroat |
Yellow-breasted Chat |
American Tree Sparrow |
Chipping Sparrow |
Vesper Sparrow |
Song Sparrow |
White-crowned Sparrow |
Dark-eyed Junco |
Lazuli Bunting |
Red-winged Blackbird |
Western Meadowlark |
Yellow-headed Blackbird |
Common Grackle |
Great-tailed Grackle |
Brown-headed Cowbird |
Bullock's Oriole |
House Finch |
American Goldfinch |
House Sparrow |
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