Drive along Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road to journey over 50 miles of gorgeous terrain. Pass through the mountains and forests of the Rocky Mountain National Park. As you travel, be sure to look to the skies to see for yourself why Rocky Mountain National Park has been chosen as a Global Important Bird Area. Designated in 2000, the park is home to around 280 different bird species. So bring your binoculars and be amazed at all the bird sightings a drive along the byway has to offer.
As you experience your birding trip in Rocky Mountain National Park, you will discover that many species of birds here are unique to the mountainous region. Some of these birds include Blue Grouse, Mountain Chickadee, Gray Jay, Williamson's Sapsucker, Pygmy Nuthatch, American Dipper, White-tailed Ptarmigan, Clark's Nutcracker, and Western Tanager. Other birds you may catch a glimpse of during your stay in the park can include Northern Pygmy Owl, Wilson's, MacGillivray's and Virginia's Warblers, Brown-capped Rosy Finch, Three-toed Woodpecker, and Townsend's Solitaire. Catch a glance of these and many other birds as you travel the byway.
Make a drive along Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road, a must in your bird watching adventures. You will find that the views of the Rocky Mountains and their adjacent meadows are breathtakingvisually rewarding. To top it off, the birding here is unsurpassed.
