Colorado Birding Adventures

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Who we are

Colorado Birding Adventures focuses on providing a comfortable and enjoyable birding experience for birders of any level. Colorado’s scenery AND bird life are equally spectacular and our friendly, relaxed, and knowledgeable approach to field trips will make your birding adventure productive and memorable. We pride ourselves on our commitment to professionalism, attention to detail, and prompt communications. Carl Bendorf is owner and a principal guide for Colorado Birding Adventures.  Carl is an experienced birding guide, past president of the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union, and recently completed a third term on the American Birding Association Board of Directors. He has served as a guide for Birdwatcher’s Digest and the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival. In 2011, Carl founded Iowa Young Birders and served as Executive Director until 2015 and remains a member of the board.  Carl shared his passion for encouraging new birders in Iowa Young Birders: Story of a Startup, published by the American Birding Association. Carl and his wife Linda (Director of Blue Sage Writing) live in Longmont, CO.

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Described by author/birder Pete Dunne as one of his favorite birding destinations in the world, Pawnee is one of the most intact examples of short-grass prairie in the Great Basin—and an unforgettable experience for any birder. We will have a quarter million acres nearly to ourselves as we search for the resident breeding species including Ferruginous and Swainson’s Hawks, Golden Eagle, Prairie Falcon, Burrowing Owl, Mountain Plover, Say’s Phoebe, Rock Wren, Western Kingbird, Loggerhead Shrike, Lark Bunting, Thick-billed and Chestnut-collared Longspurs, and Brewer’s and Cassin’s Sparrows. We will also see the occasional Common Nighthawk utilizing the only available day-perch in sight–a roadside fence post!

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RMNP - Bird Watching

The scenery alone is worth a trip but for birders, Rocky Mountain National Park can be paradise.  More than 270 different species have been recorded in the park–many are just passing through, but the park’s specialties are what the birders seek!   Some of the most sought-after birds that can be found in RMNP include White-tailed Ptarmigan, Northern Pygmy-Owl, Black Swift, Williamson’s Sapsucker, American Three-toed Woodpecker, American Dipper, MacGillivray’s Warbler,  and Brown-capped Rosy-Finch.

Pawnee National Grasslands - Bird Watching

Described by author/birder Pete Dunne as one of his favorite birding destinations in the world, Pawnee is one of the most intact examples of short-grass prairie in the Great Basin—and an unforgettable experience for any birder. We will have a quarter million acres nearly to ourselves as we search for the resident breeding species including Ferruginous and Swainson’s Hawks, Golden Eagle, Prairie Falcon, Burrowing Owl, Mountain Plover, Say’s Phoebe, Rock Wren, Western Kingbird, Loggerhead Shrike, Lark Bunting, Thick-billed and Chestnut-collared Longspurs, and Brewer’s and Cassin’s Sparrows. We will also see the occasional Common Nighthawk utilizing the only available day-perch in sight–a roadside fence post!

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info@coloradobirdingadventures.com

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(720) 588-9667