SE Colorado Birding: More bighorn sheep pics

Monday, April 09, 2007

More bighorn sheep pics

The following photos are two more of the bighorn sheep herd in Cottonwood Canyon, in in far SE Colorado. Double-click on these also, they enlarge well to show details.

The male in the top photo looks like the top stud. The female in the bottom photo, like the female in the photo on the post below, looks pregnant. Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep are said to lamb from April through July per the Colo Division of Wildlife website.
SeEtta

Labels: Bighorn sheep, Cottonwood Canyon

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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