APPENDIX B—GUIDE TO BIRD OBSERVATION
Reading edition
(Courtesy, Dr. R. G. Beidleman, Colorado College)
SPECIES AREAS (see key below)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Blackbird, Brewer’s X
Blackbird, red-winged X X
Bluebird, mountain X X X X
Chickadee, mountain X X X X X X X
Chickadee, black-capped X X X X X X
Creeper, brown X X X
Dipper, or water ouzel X X
Eagle, golden X X
Finch, brown-capped rosy X
Finch, Cassin’s X X
Finch, house X
Flicker, red-shafted X X X X X X
Flycatcher, olive-sided X X
Flycatcher, western X
Goshawk X X X
Grosbeak, black-headed X
Grosbeak, pine X
Grouse, blue X X
Hawk, red-tailed X X X X
Hummingbird, broad-tailed X X X X X X X X
Jay, gray X X
Jay, Steller’s X X X X X
Junco, gray-headed X X X X X X
Kingfisher, belted X X
Kinglet, golden-crowned X X
Kinglet, ruby-crowned X X X X X X
Lark, horned X
Magpie, black-billed X X X X
Mallard X X X
Nutcracker, Clark’s X X X X X X X X X
Nuthatch, pigmy X X X X X X X X
Nuthatch, white-breasted X X X X X
Pewee, western wood X X X X X X X X
Pigeon, band-tailed X X X
Pipit, water X
Ptarmigan, white-tailed X
Raven, common X X
Robin X X X X X X X X X X
Sandpiper, spotted X X X
Sapsucker, yellow-bellied X X X X X X
Sapsucker, Williamson’s X X X X X
Siskin, pine X X X X X X X X
Solitaire, Townsend’s X X X X X
Sparrow, chipping X X X
Sparrow, Lincoln’s X X X
Sparrow, song X X X X
Sparrow, vesper X
Sparrow, white-crowned X X
Starling X
Swallow, tree X
Swallow, violet-green X X X X X X X X
Swift, white-throated X X X X X
Tanager, western X X X X X X
Thrush, hermit X X X
Towhee, green-tailed X X X X X X
Vireo, red-eyed X X X X X X
Vireo, warbling X X X X X X
Warbler, Audubon’s X X X X X X X X
Warbler, Macgillivray’s X X
Warbler, Wilson’s X X X X
Warbler, yellow X
Wren, canyon X X
Wren, house X X X X X
1—Estes Park village area.
2—Gem Lake-Lumpy Ridge area.
3—Devil’s Gulch-North Fork area.
4—Tuxedo Park-YMCA area.
5—Mill Creek Valley.
6—Cub Lake Valley.
7—Fern Lake Trail to The Pool.
8—Sheep Lake and Horseshoe Park.
9—Bear Lake district.
10—Trail Ridge above treeline.
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