Our Tours
We offer day tours focusing on the wildlife of Northwestern Colorado. We have exclusive access to several private ranches with photo blinds available. We keep our tour size small so you can intimately experience the wildlife guided by a professional wildlife biologist. Choose one of our packages below or customize your own. You want to do a birding big day? We can do that. You have a lifer bird you are dying to catch up with? We can also do that. We are creative and flexible so don’t hesitate to reach out with your request. Tours leave from Hayden, Colorado.
Grouse Lek & Blind
$500 for two, $100 for each additional person, tour capped at four people
Day tour starting in a blind on either a Greater Sage-Grouse or Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse lek. After the lekking stops, the tour will switch to a travel route and look for the other two species of grouse (dusky grouse is the third) as well as sandhill cranes and other migratory birds and big game mammals. Lekking season is April and May. Expect a 5:00 am start and the potential for inclement weather. Field lunch and beverages included.
Sandhill Cranes
$500 for two, $100 for each additional person, tour capped at four people
Day tour that will focus primarily on sandhill cranes. In April and May we will look for dancing and nesting pairs and in the summer we will look for colts. We will see many species of birds on this tour including several raptors, mountain bluebirds, grouse, waterfowl, and several species of big and small game mammals. This tour starts at 8:00 and runs April through September. Field lunch and beverages included.
(humming) Birds and Blooms
$500 for two, $600 for three, tour capped at three people.
Day tour focusing on hummingbirds and wildflowers and includes a guest botanist! We will follow the flower phenology so locations are subject to change. We will be looking for the iconic blooms of Colorado including, blue columbine, mariposa lilies, gentians, iris, orchids, glacier lilies, and many more. The tour starts on a travel route in foothills of Routt County and ends on a ranch where we will sit on the porch for lunch and tea or coffee and watch the hummingbird feeders. Up to four species of hummingbird are expected depending on the season (broad-tailed, black-chinned, rufous, and calliope) and we have had as many as 50 hummingbirds visiting the feeders at once! Season is June and July. Lunch and beverages included.
Urban Wildlife
$400 for two, $100 for each additional person, tour capped at four people.
Day tour focusing on the wildlife that lives amongst us in Steamboat Springs. Potential mammals include black bears, Shiras moose, elk, red fox, beaver, and river otters. We will also look for American dippers, nesting ospreys, eagles and cranes. This tour will involve more walking than the others and is available in the morning or afternoon, depending on your preference. Season runs May through September. Picnic lunch and beverages included.
Big Game
$500 for two, $100 for each additional person, tour capped at four people
Day tour focusing on the big game of Northwest Colorado. We will look for moose, elk, deer, pronghorn. This tour will be a mix of the urban and the rural depending on what you hope to see. Birds and small mammals are also abundant on this trip. The season runs May through September. July is a good time to see calves (like this elk above) fawns, and does. This tour can be either a morning or afternoon tour with field lunch and beverages included.