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Gone Bird Watching Destinations – Colorado Birding |
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Colorado Bird Listing Notes: For some Colorado birding listings, the address listed is for the headquarters and not the actual Colorado bird watching destination. Call ahead for entry fees and regulations regarding family pets.  Alamosa-Monte Vista Wildlife Refuge Complex (email) (website) 9383 El Rancho Lane, Alamosa, CO 81101, Tel: 719-589-4021 Details: The San Luis Valley is 7800 feet above sea level and extends over 100 miles by 50 miles. The Monte V (more…) Birds: Loons, Grebes, Pelicans, Cormorants, Herons, Ibises, Swans, Geese, Ducks, Vultures, Hawks, Osprey, F (more…) Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge (email) (website) south of Walden, CO Details: Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge is a basin approximately 35 miles wide and 45 miles long and was es (more…) Birds: Grebes, Pelicans, Cormorants, Herons, Vultures, Ibises, Swans, Geese, Ducks, Hawks, Kites, Eagles, F (more…) Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site (website) U.S. Highway 50 and Highway 194. From La Junta, Colorado on U.S. Highway 50, take Highway 109 north , La Junta, CO 81050, Tel: 719-383-5010 Details: Built in 1833, as part of the Santa Fe Trail, by William and Charles Bent and Ceran St. Vrain, Bent' (more…) Birds: Grebes, Cormorants, Herons, Ibis, Geese, Ducks, Vultures, Hawks, Eagles, Falcon, Quail, Pheasants, T (more…) Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge (email) (website) 1318 Highway 318, Maybell, CO 81640, Tel: 970-365-3613 Details: Established in 1963, Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge is located in a valley between Diamond and (more…) Birds: Grebes, Loons, Pelicans, Cormorants, Herons, Bitterns, Ibises, Swans, Geese, Ducks, Vultures, Hawks, (more…) Colorado National Monument (website) Fruita, CO 81521, Tel: 970-858-3617 Details: Colorado National Monument provides a varied habitat of bird life among the rugged terrain and arid, (more…) Birds: Pelicans, Ducks, Vultures, Eagles, Hawks, Gallinaceous Birds, Herons, Cranes, Shorebirds, Doves, Owl (more…) Curecanti National Recreation Area (website) (pets) 102 Elk Creek, Gunnison, CO 81230, Tel: 970-641-2337 Details: Curecanti National Recreation Area is formed by 3 reservoirs; Blue Mesa Reservoir, Morrow Point Rese (more…) Birds: Loons, Grebes, Cormorant, Herons, Ibis, Swans, Geese, Ducks, Vultures, Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Grous (more…) Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument (website) PO Box 185, Florissant (Teller County), CO, Tel: 719-748-3253 Details: Located 35 miles west of Colorado Springs, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is a 6,000 acre (more…) Birds: Herons, Geese, Ducks, Vultures, Eagles, Hawks, Falcons, Grouse, Quail, Plovers, Sandpipers, Gulls, P (more…) Fort Carson (website) Colorado Springs, CO Details: Fort Carson was established in 1942 as an infantry training center. It is now part of U.S. Army Forc (more…) Birds: Loons, Grebes, Cormorants, Bitterns, Herons, Ibises, Swans, Geese, Ducks, American Vultures, Kites, (more…) Grand Junction Resource Area 2815 H Road, Grand Junction, CO 81506, Tel: 970-244-3000 Birds: Loons, Grebes, Pelicans, Cormorants, Bitterns, Herons, Ibises, Swans, Geese, Ducks, American Vulture (more…) Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (website) (pets) 11999 Highway 150, Mosca, CO 81146, Tel: 719-378-6300 Details: Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve consists of alpine tundra, forests, massive dunes, grass (more…) Birds: Vultures, Eagles, Hawks, Falcons, Grouse, Turkeys, Plovers, Sandpipers, Pigeons, Doves, Cuckoos, Owl (more…) Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory (website) , CO Details: Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory monitors Colorado's and South Dakota's colonial waterbirds, conducts (more…) Rocky Mountain National Park (website) near Estes Park and Granby, CO Details: Designated in 1915, Rocky Mountain National Park and the surrounding areas are habitats for 280 spec (more…) Birds: White-tailed Ptarmigan, Blue Grouse, Gray Jay, Clark's Nutcracker, Williamson's Sapsucker, Three-toe (more…) Birding checklists for Colorado Bird Watching destinations from the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center |
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