Please click here for a print-friendly guide to birding in La Plata County
by local authors, available from Colorado Field Ornithologists.
Want to go farther afield than the Durango area? Click here for a PDF version of the Birding Trail Guide for Southwestern Colorado, brought to you by multiple partners.
eBird, together with the above mentioned guide, should provide enough background for you to have a good birding experience in the Durango area. We love all our hotspots, but the ones identified on the eBird map below are especially productive. Look below the map for more details and more hotspots.
Hotspots in and around Durango
Click here for detailed habitat map of Huck Finn Pond and Fish Hatchery
Old Fort Lewis College Ag Station
More information and directions
Important note about location: the site is located south of the marker (at least 5 km) on eBird (see below aerial for actual site). The above link in Google Maps is correct.
Access by permission only.
Contact Beth LaShell: 970-385-4574; lashell_b@fortlewis.edu
Zink's Pond
Google map (Note: the pond is not shown on Google Maps)
Note: This is private property, and there is no access to the pond. However, there is a nice access to viewing from the SE side. A bird-sighting register is provided at the pullover on CR 215. Please consider adding your bird sightings, especially any unusual birds.
Image provided by eBird (www.ebird.org) and created [6 March 2017].