Birding in and around Grand County

Birds that might be seen in locations ranging from your

backyard to area “HOT SPOTS”

By Christine & Stephen Lee

Birds at the Backyard Feeder

Black Capped Chickadee

Mountain Chickadee

Red Crossbill

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted nuthatch

Grey-Crowned Rosy Finch

Red Crossbill

Cassins Finch

Pine Siskin

Birds of the Backyard

Dependent on type of HabitatWoodlandGrassland(or sagebrush flats)

Availability of WaterLandscaping around House

The Corvids

Black-billed Magpie Gray Jay

Stellars Jay

Mountain Bluebird

Mountain Bluebird Dark-eyed Junco

American Robin

Broad-tailed HummingbirdViolet-green Swallow

More Birds of the Backyard (Unfortunately!)

House Sparrow

Starling

Rock Pigeon

Birds of the Wetlands

Windy Gap Wildlife Viewing Area

Colorado River

Fraser River

Lakes & Reservoirs

Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge

Barrow’s Goldeneye Cinnamon Teal

Lessor ScaupNorthern Pintail

Mallard Canada Goose

Northern Shoveler

Dipper(Water Ouzel)

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Osprey

White Pelican

Riparian Birds(generally found along streams or wet areas)

Brewer’s Blackbird

Red-winged Blackbird

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Birds of Riparian Woodlands

Yellow WarblerMacGillivray’s Warbler

Birds of Prey, Or Raptors( no not the Velociraptor from Jurassic Park)

Golden Eagle

Bald Eagle

Our Two Summer Resident Hawks can beDifficult to Tell Apart

Great-horned Owl

Turkey Vulture

Bird of the Alpine Tundra

White-tailed Ptarmigan