Birding Colorado

Elbert County
Author(s):  Hugh Kingery, Mark Peterson, Nathan Pieplow, Andrew Spencer
County Seat: Kiowa
Size: 1,851 square miles
Low Elevation: 4,960 ft. - Beaver Creek on the Arapahoe border
High Elevation: 7,360 ft. - Elbert Rock
Best Birds: Thick-billed Kingbird (2004)
Checklist: Elbert County Checklist
Introduction: For being as close to Denver as it is, Elbert County gets very little birding traffic. Most of the county is high prairie rangeland, but there is quite a bit of ponderosa, especially in the southwest. Unfortunately, with the exception of one large intermittent reservoir, water is hard to come by, and bird diversity suffers accordingly. Nonetheless some good rarities have been reported from Elbert County, and such local specialties as Dickcissel and Cassin's Kingbird can also make it a worthwhile destination.

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