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

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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 $!

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.

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.