Colorado

Birding with Altitude: A Fresh Perspective on Climbing Colorado’s Fourteeners

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The experience in the mountains was not new to me. I had hiked and climbed nearly 20 peaks exceeding 14,000 feet, and every climb had been exciting, with the rugged landscape of the Rocky Mountains serving as backdrop. In Colorado, climbing all 55 “fourteeners,” as they are known, has become the goal of many budding […]

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Colorado Bird Watching

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Birding Colorado Colorado is one of the Four Corner states and has a diverse landscape nearly bisected by the snow-topped Rocky Mountains. East of the mountains are the semi-arid high plains, where cattle ranches dominate the rolling landscape. To the west are mesas, desert lands and desert canyons. Colorado’s climate, consequently, is as wide-ranging as its landscape, and

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