Birds of Colorado by Stan Tekiela
I'm going to Colorado this summer - again. I try to go there every year because I love it. I wish I lived there. In fact, ever since we moved away when I was 6, I've been looking for ways to get back there and live there permanently and happily. Until then, a yearly trip to go hiking or just kick back and car camp have worked as a replenishing dose to get me back on track for the rest of the year. Last year after spotting a rather large bird on the ground - not a turkey, not a pheasant, what is it? - and grabbing a copy of this little book at the local book store to take a peek, this year I decided I ought to have my own copy. (It was a female dusky grouse, by the way) My mother and I have bought these books for the various places we've lived ever since discovering them. We had one for Illinois. Pennsylvania. Our current copy is for Missouri. Now I have the Colorado one. These books are excellent for people who aren't serious birders and just need something as a fun and quick identification system. They're all by the same author as well, and this man knows his stuff. The books are small, work by a color coding system (aka - what color is your bird?), and give you the kind of tidbits of information you might be interested in once you realize, "Oh, I just saw a green-tailed towhee. Cool." Can't wait to get out there with this!
Notes from the playlist: "Love in a Mystery" by Ludovico Einaudi
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