Tour
Colorado Photo Tour (grouse and prairie-chicken leks)
Outside protected areasby Tropical Birding
Nine-day April photo tour from Denver for the four lekking grouse of the plains and sagebrush: sharp-tailed grouse from a private blind reserved for the group, greater sage-grouse near Walden, greater prairie-chicken near Wray and lesser prairie-chicken over the Kansas line, plus white-tailed ptarmigan and rosy-finches at Loveland Pass.
Details
- No feeding
- No baiting
- No captive animals
- Route
- Starts and ends in Denver, Colorado
- Visits
- Loveland Pass, Craig, Walden, Wray and Oakley or Scott City, Kansas
- Length
- 9 days
- Group size
- Up to 6 people
- Language
- English
Months
- January, closed
- February, closed
- March, closed
- April, open
- May, closed
- June, closed
- July, closed
- August, closed
- September, closed
- October, closed
- November, closed
- December, closed
Apr
Light and conditions
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Light through the year
Golden hour is when the sun is low, between the horizon and 6° above it: soft, warm light. Times are for the 15th of each month, in Denver time (with summer time where it applies). In-season months are marked.
| Month | Golden hour | Daylight | Sun at noon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning golden hour | Evening golden hour | |||
| Jan | 07:24– | 16:19– | 9h 41m9 h 41 min | 29° |
| Feb | 06:57– | 16:59– | 10h 44m10 h 44 min | 38° |
| Mar | 07:15– | 18:31– | 11h 56m11 h 56 min | 48° |
| AprIn season | 06:27– | 19:02– | 13h 16m13 h 16 min | 60° |
| May | 05:50– | 19:29– | 14h 23m14 h 23 min | 69° |
| Jun | 05:36– | 19:49– | 14h 58m14 h 58 min | 74° |
| Jul | 05:50– | 19:47– | 14h 42m14 h 42 min | 72° |
| Aug | 06:17– | 19:19– | 13h 44m13 h 44 min | 64° |
| Sep | 06:46– | 18:33– | 12h 27m12 h 27 min | 53° |
| Oct | 07:15– | 17:44– | 11h 10m11 h 10 min | 42° |
| Nov | 06:49– | 16:04– | 9h 59m9 h 59 min | 32° |
| Dec | 07:19– | 15:54– | 9h 22m9 h 22 min | 27° |