5/14/26 -- Scott Rashid, "Small Mountain Owls"
Monthly Meetings and Programs
Except where noted, all meetings will begin at 7:00 p.m. at the Montrose Field House Summit Room, 25 Colorado Ave, located at the corner of Rio Grande Avenue and Colorado Avenue. All are welcome and there is no charge, though donations are gratefully appreciated. For additional information or to let us know that you would like to do a presentation, please contact Caroline Evans via the BCAS email.
Spring 2026 Programs
Scott Rashid, “Small Mountain Owls”
Date: Thursday, May 14, 2026
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Montrose Field House Summit Room
Scott Rashid has lived in Estes Par
k for more than 30 years and is Director of the Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute (CARRI). His first book, Small Mountain Owls, describes the natural history of Northern Pygmy, Northern Saw-whet, Flammulated, and Boreal Owls that nest and live in and around Rocky Mountain National Park. Scott has worked with and rehabilitated these owls as well as documented habitat, nests, courtship behavior and feeding and growth of the young. Scott and CARRI researchers also trap and band small mountain owls to document and learn about the owls’ travels.
Scott Rashid photographed this Boreal Owl in Rocky Mountain National Park.
Sue Riffe, "A Different Way of Learning Bird Sounds"
Date: Thursday, June 11, 2026
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Montrose Field House Summit Room
Sue Riffe is the owner and guide of She Flew Birding Tours and has led tours to major hotspots in the US and in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Panama, and Costa Rica. As a retired band director and professional musician, she has a unique understanding of bird songs and how to teach them to others. Sue has served on several Audubon Boards, has taught classes for the Denver Field Ornithologist’s Master Birder Program, and has recently been the field trip chair for Colorado Field Ornithologists. Sue will help us explore musical vocabulary to analyze bird songs we hear, and will introduce different ways to learn these songs. The next morning, you will have the opportunity to use your newly gained musical vocabulary to identify bird sounds on a field trip to Billy Creek SWA.