Mountain bluebirds, among the most attractive songbirds in North America, breed throughout the Intermountain West, from Northern Canada to Northern Arizona and New Mexico. During those warmer months, they favor open areas with scattered trees and may be observed on meadows of the foothills and mountains, in pinyon-juniper woodlands or on the alpine tundra near timberline.
Come fall, they descend to lower elevations, heading for the Desert Southwest or the Southern High Plains. On their journey, they often travel in large flocks, adding color to the drying autumn landscape of the Colorado Piedmont and the volcanic terrain to our south.
Following the first major snowstorm of the season, flocks of mountain bluebirds have been spotted all across Metro Denver and I was fortunate to observe ten of those beautiful migrants at South Platte Park. By March, when snowstorms still lash the Front Range, they will return, fueling what little spring fever may arise during that fickle season here in Colorado.
Come fall, they descend to lower elevations, heading for the Desert Southwest or the Southern High Plains. On their journey, they often travel in large flocks, adding color to the drying autumn landscape of the Colorado Piedmont and the volcanic terrain to our south.
Following the first major snowstorm of the season, flocks of mountain bluebirds have been spotted all across Metro Denver and I was fortunate to observe ten of those beautiful migrants at South Platte Park. By March, when snowstorms still lash the Front Range, they will return, fueling what little spring fever may arise during that fickle season here in Colorado.
