Saturday morning the temps at the Wheat Ridge Greenbelt were in the teens and a few of the “lakes” were frozen or mostly frozen over. Braving the initial cold we ended up with an incredible 45 species.
Oh what fun was had by all! The 57th Annual Evergreen Christmas Bird Count, held on December 14, 2025, was another memorable day of community science and camaraderie. The morning started out brisk at 29 degrees but warmed beautifully into theRead More
by Rachel Hutchison This is the second year of expanded nestbox monitoring in the four Jeffco Open Space Parks of Evergreen and Conifer. The goal of the Evergreen Audubon nestbox monitoring program is to collect data that can be usedRead More
by Dave Kwasnick Avian advocates from the National Audubon to the Colorado Front Range’s Environment for the Americas champion leaf litter dominating residential yards. It’s sage advice. As nature intended, doing so unleashes a great many benefits for insects, includingRead More
It’s hard to believe that we are almost finished with 2025. This was another exciting year for Evergreen Audubon & Nature Center, with numerous highlights to celebrate. I want to elaborate on just a few of those as we prepareRead More
Shop Once, Gift Twice, is the tagline of one of my favorite annual events and one that seemingly kicks off the holiday season each year in our foothills community. Evergreen Audubon has participated each year for many years, selling our nature-themedRead More
In what is becoming an Evergreen Audubon tradition, our Saturday, September 13, 2025 Annual Nestbox Build once again surpassed previous builds! Our crack team of woodworkers cut parts for 90 chickadee/nuthatch boxes, 65 bluebird boxes, 20 Flicker boxes, and 30Read More
We’re excited to share that the Evergreen Nature Center now has its very own eBird “hotspot”! This means that any bird checklists submitted from this location are now tied to a single, easily accessible entry within eBird, allowing our communityRead More
