Las Animas County
Author(s): Mark Peterson, Nathan Pieplow, Andrew Spencer
County Seat: Trinidad
Size: 4,771 square miles
Low Elevation: 4,318 ft. - Purgatoire River on the Otero border
High Elevation: 13,626 ft. - West Spanish Peak
Best Birds: Crested Caracara (1997), Louisiana Waterthrush (1975)
Checklist: Las Animas County Checklist
Introduction: Nearly the size of Connecticut, Las Animas County is not only the largest county in Colorado, but also one of the most varied and underestimated. The vast majority of the county is privately owned, but luckily many of the landowners allow access to birders for a fee (see below). Thoroughly exploring this huge county can take a long time--although practically every habitat in Colorado is present somewhere in Las Animas, they are often quite far from one another.
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Apishapa State Wildlife Area
Habitat: Pinyon-Juniper Forest, Rimrock/Mesa, Lowland Riparian
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Bader Ranch
Habitat: Pinyon-Juniper Forest, Ponderosa Forest, Rimrock/Mesa, Cholla
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Black Mesa
Habitat: Pinyon-Juniper Forest, Cholla, Ponderosa Forest
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Bosque del Oso State Wildlife Area
Habitat: Pinyon-Juniper Forest, Scrub Oak Forest, Mixed-Conifer Forest, Lowland Riparian
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Everett Jackson Ranch
Habitat: Pinyon-Juniper Forest, Rimrock/Mesa, Grassland/Prairie, Pond
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Lake Dorothey State Wildlife Area
Habitat: Ponderosa Forest, Pinyon-Juniper Forest, Mixed-Conifer Forest, Mountain Meadow, Reservoir
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Lazy UO Ranch
Habitat: Pinyon-Juniper Forest, Rimrock/Mesa, Grassland/Prairie, Lowland Riparian, Cholla, Marsh
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Mayfield Ranch
Habitat: Lowland Riparian, Pinyon-Juniper Forest, Stream
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North Fork State Wildlife Area
Habitat: Mixed-Conifer Forest, Aspen Groves, Streamside Willow, Stream
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Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site
Habitat: Pinyon-Juniper Forest, Rimrock/Mesa, Grassland/Prairie
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Rancho Largo
Habitat: Pinyon-Juniper Forest, Rimrock/Mesa, Cholla, Grassland/Prairie, Pond, Lowland Riparian
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Roberts Cordova Ranch (Las Animas section)
Habitat: Pinyon-Juniper Forest, Rimrock/Mesa, Grassland/Prairie, Cholla
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Spanish Peaks State Wildlife Area
Habitat: Pinyon-Juniper Forest, Scrub Oak Forest, Ponderosa Forest
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Stonewall area
Habitat: Ponderosa Forest, Pinyon-Juniper Forest, Scrub Oak Forest
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Tim Williams Ranch
Habitat: Pinyon-Juniper Forest, Rimrock/Mesa, Pond, Grassland/Prairie
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Trinidad Lake State Park
Habitat: Reservoir, Pinyon-Juniper Forest, Lowland Riparian
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Welch Ranch
Habitat: Pinyon-Juniper Forest, Rimrock/Mesa, Stream, Grassland/Prairie, Cholla, Cliff Face
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