Birding

Stop Bird Porn: The leading contenders for weirdest, most worthless DNC protesters

Put Up or Shut Up

Want to fight a real estate development in Colorado? Be ready to pay to play.

Birds of a Feather

Want to fight a real estate development in Colorado? Be ready to pay to play.

Playing Chicken

Colorado set its sights on saving the greater prairie chicken decades ago. So why is it firing at the birds now?

The Times of Our Life

The Denver dailies' editorial sections often have a New York state of mind.

Live Review: Ray LaMontagne at Macky Auditorium

The Denver dailies' editorial sections often have a New York state of mind.

Annual count is for the birds

It's time to count birds again, and we don't mean your Thanksgiving and Christmas turkey dinners. The Audubon Society of Greater Denver, in conjunction with local Audubon groups around the nation, is asking its members to count the birds they see in their back yards on New Year's Day - a tradition ... More >>

Best birdwatching -- west

Chatfield State Park

Best birdwatching -- east

Denver International Airport

Best place to plan your campout

Colorado State Parks activities and facilities Web page www.coloradoparks.org

Best kids' nature programs

Colorado Bird Observatory

Best Place to Spot a Chick

Greater Prairie Chicken viewing trips

Best Help for Winged Things

The Birdbrain

Get ready for the Gunnison sage grouse

The Waunita Lek near Gunnison, mating grounds for a large group of Gunnison sage grouse, is open for public viewings, and bird watchers will have good news to share with the rare species, which puts on an unusual and exotic springtime dance. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that i ... More >>

The Heavenly States

Wednesday, May 21, Bender's Tavern, 303-861-7070.

Going, Going, Gone

Will the first new American bird discovered in a hundred years be the next to go extinct?

For the Birds

This bird-watching session requires binoculars and a chili spoon.

Crane Gang

Big birds take flight at Eckert Crane Days.

For the Birds

Big birds take flight at Eckert Crane Days.

Bird Is the Word

Big birds take flight at Eckert Crane Days.

Fowl Bawl

Is avian flu on the fly?

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Is avian flu on the fly?

A Wing and a Prayer

The peregrine falcon is back -- and falconers want to get their hands on the bird.

Under the Knife

No matter who wins a medical malpractice case, the verdict cuts both ways.

Night & Day

December 17 - 23, 1998

Nest Fest

History’s no mystery at the Mesa Verde birding festival.

Today's featured event: Author Mark Obmascik's got his eyes on the sky again

Mark Obmascik. Back in 2002, Mark Obmascik, part of the Denver Post team that won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the 1999 Columbine High School shootings, took a year off in order to write a book about, of all things, bird-watching -- and the slower pace agreed with him. "In journalism, we do ... More >>

Five top Colorado birding spots from Mark Obmascik, author of The Big Year

​The Big Year, based on a 2004 book by former Denver Post writer Mark Obmascik and starring Steve Martin, Jack Black, Owen Wilson, Rashida Jones, Anjelica Huston and Rashida Jones, among others, debuts in theaters nationwide today. But before The Big Year got the big Hollywood treatment, it w ... More >>

Big Time

​The Big Year, based on a 2004 book by former Denver Post writer Mark Obmascik and starring Steve Martin, Jack Black, Owen Wilson, Rashida Jones, Anjelica Huston and Rashida Jones, among others, debuts in theaters nationwide today. But before The Big Year got the big Hollywood treatment, it w ... More >>

Feather Your Nest

​The Big Year, based on a 2004 book by former Denver Post writer Mark Obmascik and starring Steve Martin, Jack Black, Owen Wilson, Rashida Jones, Anjelica Huston and Rashida Jones, among others, debuts in theaters nationwide today. But before The Big Year got the big Hollywood treatment, it w ... More >>

The Bird Is the Word

​The Big Year, based on a 2004 book by former Denver Post writer Mark Obmascik and starring Steve Martin, Jack Black, Owen Wilson, Rashida Jones, Anjelica Huston and Rashida Jones, among others, debuts in theaters nationwide today. But before The Big Year got the big Hollywood treatment, it w ... More >>