SE Colorado Birding: What Cottonwood & Carrizo Canyons look like

Thursday, August 03, 2006

What Cottonwood & Carrizo Canyons look like

Though I have done some describing of Cottonwood & Carrizo Canyons west of Springfield, only photos can show what beautiful locations these are--and how different these canyonlands are from the surrounding sand-sage and short-grass prairies.

******************************The first photo is of the photogenic canyon walls in Cottonwood Canyon. The second is a photo of the Carrizo Canyon picnic area, which includes a perennial stream (Carrizo Creek) and usually several pools of water like the one in this pic. More photos of these lush canyons can be seen by clicking here

Why bird southeast Colorado?

From our high montane areas to the riparian areas along the Arkansas River as it exits Colorado, southeast Colorado offers birding opportunities for beginners to those serious birders who seek out the less common species. We have great shortgrass and sandsage prairie birding including public areas on the Comanche National Grasslands. We have wetlands including playa lakes (playas are important shallow, depressional wetlands that provide essential habitat for waterfowl and many other bird species). We have small lakes (such as Lake Cheraw north of La Junta)and large lakes (such as John Martin Reservoir that encompasses 35 square miles) that host an impressive diversity of bird species. And we have large expanses of pinyon-juniper woodlands with their special birding opportunities.

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Thursday, August 03, 2006

What Cottonwood & Carrizo Canyons look like

Why bird southeast Colorado?

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