Fifth annual High Plains Snow Goose Festival
Rocky Mountain News
Published January 26, 2007 at midnight
The city of Lamar and the Colorado Division of Wildlife will co-host the fifth annual "High Plains Snow Goose Festival," the weekend of February 23-25.
The festival offers an opportunity to celebrate snow geese and other
wildlife in southeast Colorado. In addition to thousands of migrating
snow geese, there are many other bird species to view including a large
number of eagles that winter in southeast Colorado.
This year's event will also mark the official kick-off of the Colorado
Birding Trail. The Birding Trail project offers bird enthusiasts dozens
of bird watching opportunities across the state.
Snow geese are considered the most abundant goose in the world.
Thousands of the white birds move through eastern Colorado during their
spring migration so wildlife enthusiasts have set aside a weekend to
honor these birds.
Participants can pre-registration at the Lamar Chamber of Commerce Web
site at http://www.lamarchamber.com/goose/index.htm.
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