Colorado Nature Almanac: A Month-by-month Guide to Wildlife and Wild Places

Colorado Nature Almanac: A Month-by-month Guide to Wildlife and Wild Places
ISBN-10
0871088835
ISBN-13
9780871088833
Category
Natural history
Language
English
Published
1998
Publisher
West Winds Press
Authors
Stephen R. Jones, Ruth Carol Cushman

Description

Have you ever had the chance to see the courtship dance of the sandhill crane? Have you been stumped by the question, ""is that a spruce, fir, or pine?"" What do pasque-flowers, prairie chickens, and the Swainson's hawk have in common ? (Spring, of course! One blooms, one booms, and the other looms high overhead, all in a Colorado April). Where are the best places to see mountain goats, bugling elk, and snow geese? And have you asked yourself, ""what is that butterfly doing flittering around in February?""

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