American Dipper (Northern), Cinclus mexicanus unicolor, 19 cm / 7.5 in. UNCOMMON along clear, fast-flowing mountain streams with lots of exposed rocks and logs.

Cache La Poudre River, West of Fort Collins, Weld County, Colorado, USA.

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Cassin's Finch, Haemorhous cassinii, 15.9 cm. / 6.25 in. UNCOMMON in montane coniferous forest, especially open dry pine forests.

Seen at a private residence near Walden, Jackson County, Colorado, USA.

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Greater Sage-Grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus, 71 cm. / 28 in. UNCOMMON and local in expansive sagebrush plains. Seen VERY early on a cold morning sometime before sunrise.

Coalmont Mine Lek, Walden, Jackson County, Colorado, USA.

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Female Greater Prairie Chicken, Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus, 43 cm. / 17 in. RARE, local and found in tall grass prairie with diverse grasses mixed with low shrubs and weeds.

Bledsoe Cattle Ranch Lek just at sunrise, Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, USA.

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Greater Prairie-Chicken, Tympanuchus cupid pinnatus, 43 cm. / 17 in. RARE and local in tallgrass prairie where diverse grasses mix with low shrubs and weeds.

Displaying at sunrise on the Bledsoe Cattle Ranch, Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, USA.

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