TRIP LINK: An American Serengeti Series Trip
Summer in Colorado’s High Country brings baby birds, doting parents, and ID challenges in the myriad of available habitats in Clear Creek, Grand, Jackson and Larimer counties. Join Front Range Birding Company and Reefs to Rockies in this 3-day trip to North Park in search of colonial waterbirds, sagebrush, and forest birds. Highlights may include piggy-backing grebes and other waterfowl, raptors, Sage Thrashers, and maybe even Greater Sage-Grouse or Moose! We’ll spend five days exploring Nebraska’s wildlife hotspots.
We have strategically selected areas away from crowds so that we have the time and space to truly enjoy these wildlife spectacles in true Reefs to Rockies style. We’ll travel in a custom American safari van with a conversion pop-top and spacious seating. This is not the traditional passenger van you may have traveled in on past trips. This one-of-a-kind vehicle has been specially designed by two wildlife biologists to allow for optimal viewing. It makes a perfect ‘blind’ and there’s ample room for everyone to view at the same time.
The Southern Plains Land Trust (SPLT), founded in 1998, creates and protects a network of shortgrass prairie preserves, ensuring a future for native flora and fauna. A donation to SPLT to aid in their land acquisition efforts will be made on behalf of all participants.
We will arrange a meeting spot in west Denver before continuing up I-70 to US 40 and Berthoud Pass. The rest stop on Berthoud Pass often has high-elevation birds like Canada Jay, Pine Grosbeak and Cassin’s Finch. Next is Windy Gap Reservoir near Granby for waterfowl, American White Pelicans and more. We’ll continue on toward the town of Walden with possible stops along the way based on recent sightings and group’s interest. Sunset may yield surprises!
Accommodations: North Park Inn
Meals: Lunch