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SUMMARY:Ute Mtn Mesa Verde Birding Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Annual Ute Mountain Mesa Verde Birding Festival provides a popular venue for visiting southwestern Colorado during the second weekend in May. Nestled between alpine and mesa forests and scenic desert canyons\, the Four Corner’s intriguingly diverse landscapes\, and mild climate\, have drawn people to the region for generations. Ancestral Pueblo farmers dwelled in places now known as Mesa Verde\, Hovenweep\, and Canyon of the Ancients. Today’s meadows\, pastures\, cultivated fields\, historic orchards\, stock ponds and reservoirs establish habitat for a wide-spectrum of migratory and resident birds. Some species\, such as Lucy’s Warbler\, are found no place else in Colorado. \nHosted by the Cortez Cultural Center\, the UMMV Birding Festival draws upon the expertise of regional wildlife specialists who volunteer as tour guides and guest lecturers. Each year new tours\, and repeat favorites\, explore an array of birding hotspots that attract avian species from loons and grebes to sparrows\, grosbeaks\, and finches. Overnight tours within easy driving distance offer different environs and the prospect of encountering species not found within the Cortez area. \nSouthwest Colorado’s first birding records date to the 1880s. Tours that combine birding with regional archaeology\, ecology\, and history take UMMV birders into the realms of gulls\, shorebirds\, waterfowl\, Osprey\, Peregrine Falcon\, Bald and Golden eagles\, elusive owls\, woodpeckers\, flycatchers and phoebes\, American Dipper\, towhees\, crossbills\, and colorful bluebirds\, tanagers\, and warblers. The festival’s birding tally has climbed to 180 species. \nThe UMMV Birding Festival designs activities and tours to fit a gamut of abilities\, ages\, and interests. Early evening lectures\, social hours\, a bird-themed art show\, and banquet add to the festival’s five days of enjoyment — learning\, socializing\, and most importantly birding.  Check their website to register for tours https://cortezculturalcenter.org/events/birding-festival/ \nRegistration is now open.  Don’t delay in booking tours.
URL:https://www.weminucheaudubon.org/event/ute-mtn-mesa-verde-birding-festival/
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