Birding - The Journal

19th Annual Ute Mountain Mesa Verde Birding Festival kicks off next week

Experienced birders and newbies alike are welcome to register for tours and other celebratory events

DATE: Apr 29, 2026 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies loses federal grants over mysterious ‘DEI’ accusations

Nonprofit based at Barr Lake lost $1.4M budgeted to support cooperative research with federal agencies, and to match state and private grants

DATE: Oct 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

During migration season, turn off your lights to help birds fly safe

‘We know that every year about 600 million birds die by running into anthropogenic structures’

DATE: Apr 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Here is everything you need to know about the bird flu outbreak in Colorado

Colorado is leading the nation in human cases of the H5 bird flu and millions of poultry in the state have been killed to stop the threat of the virus. It also has hit dairy cows in the stat...

DATE: Jul 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

17th annual Ute Mountain Mesa Verde Birding Festival to take place in May

The festival brings birders from all over the country

DATE: Jan 30, 2024 | CATEGORY: Community

2022 Cortez Christmas Bird Count breaks records

Volunteers spotted 87 bird species and nearly 15,000 individual birds

DATE: Mar 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Community

Bird nerd alert: Rare yellow feathered cutie spotted in San Luis Valley

Last documented case of a yellow rail in Colorado was in 1906

DATE: Jul 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Who let the birds out?

Denver Zoo lets birds back outside as avian flu cases drop statewide

DATE: Jul 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez Christmas Bird Count returns to open invitation

Citizen science event counts different species in 15 locations in Montezuma County

DATE: Dec 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bird count reveals possible increase in population despite last year’s die-off

Several factors play role in annual tally, including weather conditions and number of observers

DATE: Jan 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Pair of bald eagles buck migration trend, calling Durango home

Two birds in Animas Valley believed to be lifetime mates

DATE: Jan 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez Christmas Bird Count posts record numbers

Two new species documented in the area

DATE: Jan 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News