Best Hummingbird Gardens in Larimer / Grand County, Colorado

At the roof of the Rockies, Rocky Mountain National Park offers one of the most dramatically beautiful hummingbird encounters in North America. The park is prime Broad-tailed Hummingbird territory — these breeding birds are the signature species of Colorado mountain summers, and the male's distinctive metallic wing trill echoes through the forests and meadows from June onward. The park's montane and subalpine habitats paint wildflower spectacles from late June through August: scarlet gilia, Indian paintbrush, columbine, and penstemon bloom in dense succession, drawing hummingbirds to elevations up to and above 10,000 feet. Rufous Hummingbirds join the scene in late July and August on their southbound migration, adding the russet flash of these famously feisty wanderers to the mountain meadows.

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