We will meet at 8:00 AM on November 16 at the Game and Fish parking lot for a strenuous hike on Casper Mountain. This is a beautiful time to walk around the Mountain. Call Stacey Scott at 307-262-0055 for more details.
Field Trip to Reshaw Park and EKW
Meet at the West End of Reshaw Park at 9:00 AM on October 12 to look for migrating sparrows. If people have an interest we will then go to Edness Kimbal Wilkins State Park. Call Stacey Scott at 307-262-0055 for more information.
Goldeneye Field Trip
We will meet at the Game and Fish Parking lot at 9:00 AM on September 14 for a field trip to Goldeneye Reservoir to look for late migrants. Call Stacey Scott at 307-262-055 for more information.
EKW Birding
We will meet at 8:00 AM on Monday September 2 near the Platte River Shelter in Edness Kimball Wilkins State Park to look for migrants, and should finish before the Labor Day crowds. This Shelter is the one nearest the Osprey Nest Pole. Call Stacey Scott at 307-262-0055 for more information.
Murie Audubon Picnic, Thursday 8 August 2024
Murie Picnic at EKW
We will have our annual August Picnic at Eden’s Kimball Wilkins State Park on August 8 at the Centennial Shelter at 5:30 PM. Please bring something to share with the fried chicken that Murie will provide. In order to know how much chicken be buy, please call Stacey Scott at 262-0055.
Piggery Cleanup
The Platte River Trails is having the spring cleanup on Saturday, May 18. We will cleanup the Piggery portion of the trail at the same time. Please pickup bags and register at the Tate Pump House from 8:00 AM til noon. We usually spend most of our time on the edge of the Piggery that is closest to Walmart.
Murie Audubon General Meeting and Program on May 9, 2024
Murie Audubon Presents
Murie Audubon invites members and the public for a talk May 9, 7 p.m., at the Izaak Walton Clubhouse, 4205 Fort Caspar Road, featuring University of Wyoming students Emily Shertzer researching bird tracking technology and Katie Schabron monitoring window collisions. Speaker Emily Shertzer is a PhD student in Anna Chalfoun’s lab studying the impacts of energy development on survival and ?tness across the full annual cycle in sagebrush-obligate songbirds. She will discuss her research using Motus and geolocators for tracking. Speaker Katie Schabron is a senior at the university studying zoology, focusing on bird window strikes on low-rise buildings on campus and how traits of different species impact how often they strike. They will also highlight the new UW WYOBIRD program (Wyoming Bird Initiative for Resilience and Diversity) a goal of which is to build avian ecology skillsets in UW students through hands-on experiences like a fall migration banding station and tree swallow nest box monitoring.
Bruce Walgren
EKW Tree Planting
Murie has brought lots of shrubs to replace the Russian Olives removed at Edness Kimball Wilkins State Park. We are going to help the park staff plant them on Saturday and Sunday. We will meet at the Park office at 8:00 AM both days. Even if you can only help for a few hours, any help will be greatly appreciated. Call Stacey Scott at 307-262-0055 for more details
Bird Class Field Trip
The Bird Class Field Trip to Goldeneye this morning is a GO. The Weather Bureau now thinks there is a 40% chance of showers after 10:00, and if it does start raining we will just leave. I will meet anyone who wants to car pool at the Werner Wildlife Museum Parking Lot at 9:00, and meet everyone else at Goldeneye a little after 9:30. The temperature is not predicted to warm up much, and with a wind it will feel pretty cool. The Airport had a tenth of an inch of moisture, so bring appropriate foot ware. – Stacey Scott 262-0055