Colorado Birding

Fremont County
Author(s):  SeEtta Moss, Mark Peterson
County Seat: Canon City
Size: 1,538 square miles
Low Elevation: 4,944 ft. - Arkansas River on the Pueblo border
High Elevation: 13,105 ft. - Bushnell Peak
Best Birds: Phainopepla (1989 & 1998), Painted Redstart (2007)
Checklist: Fremont County Checklist
Introduction: Often sadly neglected in favor of its large neighbor Pueblo, Fremont County contains all of the habitats present in that awesome birding county, minus perhaps high-quality prairie. But Fremont has certain habitats in large abundance that Pueblo lacks, especially higher-elevation habitats such as spruce-fir woodland and alpine tundra (though the latter is hard to access). Fremont County is also one of those special counties where many species reach the limit of their range, including Greater Roadrunner, Ladder-backed Woodpecker and Rufous-crowned Sparrow at the NW edge of their range in the state and Gray Flycatcher at the NE edge of its range.

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