Specialties


Violet-green Swallow

Description: A common to abundant summer breeder in the mountains, often seen in numbers around aspen groves, dirt banks, on wires in open areas, and over lakes. A rare to very rare migrant in the east away from the foothills; much more common from the Front Range west.

Birding Locations County
Great Sand Dunes National Park and PreserveAlamosa
Gregory CanyonBoulder
Mount EvansClear Creek
Conejos CanyonConejos
Sylvan Lake State Park areaEagle
Stratton Open SpaceEl Paso
Bear Creek Canyon areaJefferson
Rocky Mountain National Park (Larimer section)Larimer
Uncompahgre PlateauMontrose
Pueblo Mountain ParkPueblo
Fish Creek FallsRoutt