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sandhill cranes

6 Porch Notes tagged “sandhill cranes,” from counties across Colorado.

Outdoors and wildfire - Rio Grande County

Near Monte Vista, a national wildlife refuge is built around migrating cranes

The Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge in Rio Grande County manages wetlands and fields that draw large numbers of migrating sandhill cranes each spring and fall.

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History and culture - Rio Grande County

Each March, Monte Vista throws a three-day festival for the cranes

For more than 40 years, the Monte Vista Crane Festival has built a three-day March event around the sandhill cranes that stop near town on their spring migration.

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Outdoors and wildfire - Alamosa County

The wildlife refuges near Alamosa, and the crane migration

The Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge and its neighbors in the San Luis Valley are managed for wildlife, with their own access rules, and the valley draws large numbers of migrating sandhill cranes.

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Outdoors and wildfire - Conejos County

Sandhill cranes pass through the San Luis Valley each spring and fall

Tens of thousands of sandhill cranes stop in the San Luis Valley during spring and fall migration, best viewed at dawn and dusk from nearby wildlife refuges and state wildlife areas.

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Outdoors and wildfire - Jackson County

Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge sits in the valley south of Walden

The Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge protects high-mountain wetlands and sagebrush south of Walden, with a self-guided auto tour route and a short nature trail for watching birds and other wildlife.

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Outdoors and wildfire - Saguache County

Sandhill cranes pass through the valley, with Russell Lakes a Saguache County stop

Each spring and fall, thousands of sandhill cranes stop in the San Luis Valley, and Russell Lakes State Wildlife Area in Saguache County is one of the places to watch them.

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