I recently posted my ten favorite reasons to garden in Colorado. This got me to thinking about how much I love birding here too. It’s true, we’re not a Cape May, Monterey, or Rio Grande Valley, but 493 species of birds have been sighted here. Only six states* have more.
Having a lot of birds to see is certainly a good reason to bird in Colorado, but it’s not the only one. Since today is 11/11, I’m posting ten more reasons I’m thankful that I can bird here, bringing the total to… eleven! (more…)
Gardening in Colorado is not easy. Late freezes, early snow storms (though not this year), hail, drought, torrential rainfall, over 100 species of grasshoppers… there is plenty to complain about.
I was doing just that—ranting about the pocket gophers chewing their way through the roots in my perennial border, when I received yet another gardening ad in the mail. As I read the solutions they were offering for my garden problems, I began to realize… I really don’t have that many problems! Maybe our storm clouds have silver linings.
After some thought, I offer you my list of the Top Ten Reasons I love gardening in Colorado:
Mountain Plover 