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Northern Colorado Birding Fair Program Descriptions

Bird Walks - Join expert birders from the Northern Colorado Audubon Society, Fort Collins Natural Areas Program and the Larimer County Natural Resources Department on these tours that will help you become more familiar with the local birds and help build up your birding skills. Bird walks will count towards your Birding Fair Passport.

Bird Call Contests - Test out your bird call skills with these quick, fun events spread out through the day. All levels of birders are welcome to participate.

Bird Releases - Witness a rehabilitated bird get a second chance at freedom in these touching events where they are released back into the wild.

Passport Activity Booths - Earn your 2011 Birding Fair prize by completing Passport Activities. Find out how birds build nests, use their beaks, avoid all kinds of obstacles and camouflage themselves against predators - and that's just for starters! You can earn a stamp at each passport activity booth you go to. Collect 6 stamps to win the prize! You can also attend presentations or clinics to get a stamp.

Habitat Scavenger Hunt - Take a self guided walk to find all the different parts of habitat that make Fossil Creek Regional Open Space prime real estate for many different kinds of birds! (Get your passport stamped when you turn in your completed worksheet to the passport prize table)