Birding Colorado: Over 180 Premier Birding Sites at 93 Locations (Birding Series) [Paperback]

Hugh Kingery (Author)

Book Description

Series: Birding Series | Publication Date: September 1, 2007

Birding Colorado guides you to some of the best places in Colorado (more than 90 prime locations) for rewarding birdwatching. It tells you how to get there and what birds you might find, and it offers facts about history, geology, and ecology. Use it to find tempting places and great birds.

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From the Back Cover

From prairies to peak tops, Colorado attracts an intriguing mix of birds, from Mountain Plovers and Rosy-Finches to Lazuli Buntings and Black Swifts. Birders from all over the country visit the state to see the vast variety of western and prairie specialties.

 

Birding Colorado guides you to the best birding sites at treeless prairies in Pawnee National Grassland; canyons, mesas, and mountains in four national parks and three national monuments; marshes, ponds, and streams in five national wildlife refuges; and mountain, mesa, and prairie highways and byways. Organized by region, this guide lists the likely birds at each site and the status and distribution of all species recorded in the state.

 

For more than twenty-five years, FalconGuides® have set the standard for

outdoor guidebooks. Written by top experts, each guide invites you to experience the adventure and beauty of the outdoors.

 

Inside you'll find:

 

• Where and when to go, how to get there, and likely birds

 

• A description of each site, with information about key species

 

• Where to find migrating eastern species, water birds, and such specialties as
  Pygmy Nuthatch, Greater Roadrunner, and American Three-Toed Woodpecker

 

• Details on the seasonal distributions of 482 bird species—where they occur,
   their abundances there, and the best times to see them

About the Author

Author Hugh Kingery has watched birds since age thirteen and participated in myriad activities connected with his avocation. He directed the research and edited publication of the Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas (1998). He has served as president of Denver Audubon Society, Denver Field Ornithologists, and the Colorado Mountain Club. He edited the C.F.O. Journal (Colorado Field Ornithologists) and Trail and Timberline, monthly magazine of the mountain club.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: FalconGuides; 1st edition (September 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762739606
• ISBN-13: 978-0762739608
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #400,325 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful guide!, August 3, 2011

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blackrail - See all my reviews

This review is from: Birding Colorado: Over 180 Premier Birding Sites at 93 Locations (Birding Series) (Paperback)

I used this book to plan a week birding trip to Western Colorado. Nearly every site in this book was accurate, and we found the target birds described. Definitely worth the $!

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, October 21, 2008

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jdown (Stillwater OK USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Birding Colorado: Over 180 Premier Birding Sites at 93 Locations (Birding Series) (Paperback)

I have found Falcon's birding field guide series quite helpful, however Birding Colorado was a disappointment. The author, Hugh Kingery, has a great deal of experience birding in Colorado. He describes birding spots along the Front Range well enough, but the farther he goes from Denver, the less interest he seems to have. Many sites in the western fourth of the state receive only the most cursory treatment. In one or two cases he fails to mention a single species of bird one is likely to encounter there.

If you share Mr. Kingery's fascination with swifts, this book is essential. It will prove only marginally helpful if you are also interested in seeing, say, waterfowl or songbirds. There are a number of excellent websites devoted to birding in Colorado that, quite frankly, offer far more extensive and useful information than does this book.

3 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Where to find the birds, January 20, 2008

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Holey Moley "birder" (colorado) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Birding Colorado: Over 180 Premier Birding Sites at 93 Locations (Birding Series) (Paperback)

If you're from out of state or a beginning birder in the state, this series of books provides your planning guide for weekends and vacations. The state rare bird alerts and local Audubon clubs will flesh that out with some more detailed info.