We recommend you select all of your choices on this website and then visit the registration site.
Name tags and pre-ordered T-shirts must be picked up prior to your first field trip at Fountain Creek Nature Center. Pick-up times are Thursday from 9am to 6:30pm and Friday from 6am to 4pm.
Field trips meet at various locations. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early for an on-time departure.
View Field Trip and Activity Descriptions
Color Key: Festival Event Field Trip Workshop Seminar
Friday, May 15
F1 6:00am-11:00am Chico Basin Ranch, Bird Walk & Bird Banding Demo (15)
F2 7:00am-10:00am Fountain Valley School, Bird Walk (15)
F3 8:30am-11:30am Paint Mines Interpretive Park, Bird Hike (20)
F4 1:00pm-5:00pm Jimmy Camp Creek OS, Ethnobotany & Wildflower Hike (15)
Sem1 1:00pm-3:00pm Live Birds of Prey, (75), FCNC
W1 3:30pm-5:00pm Bird Photography (40), BCNC
F5 5:00pm-7:30pm Fountain Creek Regional Park, Bird Walk (15)
F6 5:30pm-Midnight Manitou Experimental Forest, Flammulated Owls (12)
F7 6:30pm-8:30pm Garden of the Gods, Swifts, Falcons & Geology Walk (25)
F8 8:30pm-10:30pm Bear Creek Regional Park, Insect Black Lighting (20)
Saturday, May 16
S1 6:00am-11:00am Chico Basin Ranch, Bird Walk & Bird Banding Demo (15)
S2 6:00am-Noon Aiken Canyon Preserve, Bird Hike (15)
S3 6:00am-Noon Horse Creek Ranch, Bird Hike (15)
S4 6:00am-1:00pm Cheyenne Mtn SP, Ovenbird/Hermit Thrush Hike (15)
S5 6:00am-1:00pm Brett Gray Ranch, Bird Hike (15)
S6 6:30am-Noon Clear Spring Ranch, Bird Walk (15)
S7 6:30am-Noon Corral Bluffs, Bird Hike (10)
S8 7:00am-8:00am Starsmore, Hummingbird Banding – Session #1 (15)
S9 7:00am-10:00am Fountain Valley School, Bird Walk (15)
S10 7:00am-11:00am Kane Ranch Open Space, Bird Hike (15)
S11 7:30am-9:30am Garden of the Gods, Swifts, Falcons & Geology Walk (25)
W2 8:00am-11:00am “Deepen Your Observation Through Nature Sketching” (15), FCNC
S12 8:15am-9:15am Starsmore, Hummingbird Banding – Session #2 (15)
Sem2 9:30am-10:30am “Hummingbirds,” (30) Starsmore –
Open only to S8 & S12 registrants
Sem3 10:00am-Noon “The Origins of Birds – the Dinosaur Connection” (50), BCNC
S13 11:30am-2:00pm Chico Basin Ranch, Lunch w/Ranch Ecology & History (30)
Sem4 2:00pm-3:30pm Raptor Identification (50), BCNC
Noon-2:00pm United States Air Force Academy Falconry Team, FCNC
4:00pm-7:00pm Birds and Brews (150) – FCNC
Mile High Bug Club
PPCC Wild Things & Festival Photography
Artwork Auction
Live Music
Door prizes and more!
Sunday, May 17
Su1 6:00am-11:00am Chico Basin Ranch, Bird Walk & Bird Banding Demo (15)
Su2 6:00am-11:00am Fountain Creek Regional Park, Bird Walk (15)
Su3 6:00am-11:00am Aiken Canyon Preserve, Bird Hike (15)
Su4 6:00am-Noon Teller County, “Protect the Peak Initiative” Bird Hike (15)
Su5 6:00am-1:00 pm Brett Gray Ranch, Bird Hike (15)
Su6 6:30am-Noon Clear Spring Ranch, Bird Walk (15)
Su7 6:30am-Noon Jimmy Camp Creek Park, Bird Hike (15)
Su8 7:00am-10:00am Fountain Valley School, Bird Walk (15)
Su9 7:00am-Noon Kiowa Creek Ranch, Bird Hike (12)
Su10 7:00am-Noon Venetucci Farm/Cross Creek Park, Bird Hike (15)
Su 11 8:00am-Noon Manitou Lake Recreation Area, Montane Bird Hike (15)
Su12 1:00pm-4:00pm Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, “Behind the Scenes” Bird Tour (10)
