Date: 8/15/25 4:13 pm From: Ted Floyd <tedfloyd73...> Subject: [cobirds] Yampa Valley Crane Festival, Routt Co., Aug. 28–31, 2025
Hey, all.
I'm writing to let you know about the upcoming 14th annual Yampa Valley
Crane Festival, Thurs.–Sun., Aug. 28–31, 2025. The festival is based out of
Steamboat Springs and Hayden, Routt Co., at a fascinating time of year for
birding & nature study in northwestern Colorado.
Many festival offerings sold out some time ago, but I am pleased to report
that several new ones have very recently opened up—and that a few older
ones still have some availabilities. So check out the festival website (
coloradocranes.org/festival), and see if you can get on some cool field
trips; also many of the lectures, workshops, and activities are free and
open to the public, so you can just show up. Again, check out the website
for all the inviting details.
I mentioned the fascinating late-summer birding in and around Steamboat and
Hayden in late summer, and I'll say two things about that before signing
off. Here goes:
1. Well, cranes. Staging on their migratory grounds on their migration
south. Until the advent of this crane festival, I think many of us in
Colorado didn't know about this late-summer staging phenomenon at all.
Anyhow, it's really something to see and hear, and you don't have to freeze
your tush off the way you do in March at Monte Vista or Kearney.
2. You're not going to believe this, but...western warbling-vireos. I am
not joking. In recent years, we have documented insane numbers of western
warbling-vireos staging near Hayden—like 20+ in a single small Gambel oak.
Have you ever seen 20+ vireos of any species all crammed into the same
tree? Well, this is your chance! And you don't even have to worry about
eastern warbling-vireos out there...as far as we know. :-)
Ted Floyd
Lafayette, Boulder Co.
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