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raggy cliffs mingle with sagebrush shrublands and caches of piñon and juniper trees; it’s) to see turkey vultures, woodpeckers, towhees, and, if you’re lucky, Lucy’s warblers. These gray flyers with rusty patches on their crowns and rumps are found in dry environs and occasionally appear in the state come spring, their breeding season. (Canyon of the Ancients Trail is just one of 54 itineraries, featuring nearly 800 sites, put together by the Colorado Birding Trail, a coalition of tourism and conservation entities, including CPW.)