Eagle County
Author(s): Todd Deininger, Nathan Pieplow
County Seat: Eagle
Size: 1,690 square miles
Low Elevation: 6,125 ft. - Colorado River on the Mesa border
High Elevation: 14,005 ft. - Mount of the Holy Cross
Best Birds: Brown Pelican (1908), White-eyed Vireo (1992)
Checklist: Eagle County Checklist
Introduction: Most famous as the home of resort town Vail, Eagle County is also home to every West Slope habitat from redrock cliffs to sagebrush flats to spruce-fir, krummholz and tundra. Most birders drive through it on their way east or west, but Eagle County is good evidence that the middle's a great destination in itself.
This page is dedicated to the memory of Jack Merchant.
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Cottonwood Pass Road
Habitat: Sagebrush, Scrub Oak Forest, Pond
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Deep Creek Recreation Area
Habitat: Lowland Riparian, Pinyon-Juniper Forest, Scrub Oak Forest, Stream, Cliff Face
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Derby Mesa
Habitat: Aspen Grove, Mixed-Conifer Forest, Pinyon-Juniper Forest, Scrub Oak Forest
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Dotsero State Wildlife Area
Habitat: Pinyon-Juniper Forest, Scrub Oak Forest, Streamside Willow
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Frying Pan River Valley
Habitat: Lowland Riparian, Spruce-Fir Forest, Foothill Shrub
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Gypsum Creek Road and Lede Reservoir
Habitat: Spruce-Fir Forest, Mountain Meadow, Pond
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Shrine Pass
Habitat: Stream, Streamside Willow, Aspen Grove, Mixed-Conifer Forest, Spruce-Fir Forest
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Sylvan Lake State Park area
Habitat: Lake, Streamside Willow, Mixed-Conifer Forest, Aspen Grove, Spruce-Fir Forest
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Tigiwon Road
Habitat: Stream, Aspen Grove, Mixed-Conifer Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Spruce-Fir Forest
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