Join us on Wednesday, February 17, at 6:30 PM for our monthly chapter meeting.  The topic of our meeting this month will be The American Dipper Project.  Who doesn’t love these incredible birds!

Our presenter for the evening will be Stephen Munroe, chapter member from Durango, who leads a study of the nesting success of these amazing birds on the Animas River.  Monroe is a HydroEcologist who lives in Durango and has been studying springs, streams, and rivers in the Four Corners region for more than twenty five years.

The American Dipper Project began in 2016, due to the concerns of a group of birdwatchers in Durango about the potential impacts of the 2015 Gold King Mine spill in the Animas River on the American Dipper population. The project’s objective is to study the breeding success of American Dippers (Cinclus mexicanus) on the Animas River and other streams in southwestern Colorado. Each year from 2016 through 2020, citizen science volunteers have surveyed Dippers learning about nesting behavior and success, nest site fidelity, and the bird’s unique personalities. In June 2018, a catastrophic wildfire burned portions of the Animas watershed, and subsequent flooding introduced large volumes of sediment to the river, adding another negative impact to American Dipper’s habitat and food sources.

This year, with Munroe’s guidance, we hope to be able to extend these studies to the San Juan river and tributaries in the Pagosa area. Attend the meeting to find out the protocols of the survey and how to become involved.

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Topic: February Chapter Meeting
Time: Feb 17, 2021 06:30 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

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