Otero County
Author(s): Mark Peterson, Nathan Pieplow, Andrew Spencer
County Seat: La Junta
Size: 1,247 square miles
Low Elevation: 3,966 ft. - Arkansas River on the Bent border
High Elevation: 5,260 ft. - Dry Bluff
Best Birds: Harris's Hawk (1995), American Woodcock (2000)
Checklist: Otero County Checklist
Introduction: Right in the heart of the Arkansas River Valley, wonderful Otero County may have more birding spots per square mile than any other in the southeastern part of the state. In addition to its terrific lakes, sewage ponds and migrant traps, it may have better access to pinyon-juniper canyon country than any other southeastern county.
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Bent's Old Fort and Oxbow State Wildlife Area
Habitat: Marsh, Grassland/Prairie, Lowland Riparian
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Horse Creek Reservoir
Habitat: Pond/Lake/Reservoir, Tamarisk, Grassland/Prairie
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La Junta
Habitat: Urban/Suburban, Park/Cemetery, Pond/Lake/Reservoir
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Lake Holbrook
Habitat: Pond/Lake/Reservoir, Hedgerow/Shelterbelt
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Picket Wire Canyon
Habitat: Pinyon/Juniper Forest, Sagebrush, Lowland Riparian, Stream
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Rocky Ford
Habitat: Urban/Suburban, Pond/Lake/Reservoir, Lowland Riparian, Wet Meadow
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Terry Ranch
Habitat: Grassland/Prairie, Rimrock/Mesa, Lowland Riparian
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Timpas Creek State Wildlife Area
Habitat: Lowland Riparian, Pond/Lake/Reservoir
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Vogel Canyon
Habitat: Lowland Riparian, Rimrock, Cliff Face, Cholla, Grassland/Prairie, Pinyon-Juniper Forest
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Walter & Klein Ranch
Habitat: Grassland/Prairie, Mesa/Rimrock, Pinyon/Juniper Forest
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