Birding Colorado

Alamosa County
Author(s):  Nathan Pieplow
County Seat: Alamosa
Size: 719 square miles
Low Elevation: 7,499 ft. - Rio Grande River on the Conejos border
High Elevation: 14,345 ft. - Blanca Peak
Best Birds: White Ibis (1998), Magnificent Hummingbird (1992)
Checklist: Alamosa County Checklist
Introduction: At the heart of the San Luis Valley, Alamosa County has a little bit of everything, but not all of it is easy to access. The jewels of the county are several excellent state parks and wildlife refuges, including a Nature Conservancy preserve, that provide access to fantastic wetland habitats in addition to extensive semidesert flats. The city of Alamosa, meanwhile, offers some very decent birding. Nice PJ can be found on public land in the northeast, as can higher montane habitats all the way to tundra, but to reach most of them you'll have to do some very strenuous hiking. The Nature Conservancy attaches a very high value to the county and the region for its natural wonders--and rightly so.

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