SE Colorado Birding: Back to the Bosque

Friday, December 07, 2007

Back to the Bosque

After 3 days of not being able to drive to a birding area, I finally got my car repaired yesterday. The good news is it wasn't my clutch--the really bad news is it was bearings out in my transmission and differential, more expensive.

Anyway I did go back to the Bosque Del Apache today for some birding and I got a number of good pics of Sandhill Cranes like this bird. It can be double-clicked for enlargement to see it's face (and it's pretty yellow eye) and feathers up close. SeEtta

Labels: SandhillCrane

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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Friday, December 07, 2007

Back to the Bosque

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