Front Range Birding & Optics

09/10/2026

09/09/2026

THIS JUST IN!...Our most excellent travel partners at Reefs to Rockies now have two additional spots open for the upcoming October trip to Ecuador. It's last minute...but as the saying goes, "Fortune favors the bold!" Want to learn more? Click on the link below.

https://reefstorockies.com/trips/signature-journeys/ecuador-birding-wildlife-adventure/

09/07/2026

DON'T MISS OUT...on this chance to take a free bird walk with noted wildlife biologist and renowned birding author Joe LaFleur!
For the walk, meet at FRBO Littleton - 10146 W. San Juan Way, #110, Littleton, CO. The walk is in nearby Waterton Canyon. Then come back to the store and have Joe autograph one (or more) of his amazing birding guides!

Front Range Birding & Optics is insanely dedicated to wild birds and the people who love them. A proudly independent store, we offer expert advice so every customer leaves with the right product - whether it's a suet cake or new spotting scope.

09/07/2026

To all those who put in the work to make their lives and the lives of others better!

09/04/2026

Have you ever seen a Lewis’s Woodpecker and thought, man, that thing is weird. Well I haven’t because I haven’t seen one. 🤣 I’m working on it.

Regardless, the Lewis’s Woodpecker is weird! Rather than the typical black and white woodpecker chic look, Lewis’s Woodpeckers sport iridescent green outer and head feathers with a red face. Furthermore, they hunt like , catching bugs to eat midair. They rarely bore into mature trees for larvae like other woodpeckers because their neck wasn’t built for that. They prefer to nest in soft, dead trees usually in recently burned areas.

Woodpeckers are ecosystem engineers who provide nesting/roosting cavities for mammals, insects, reptiles and other birds!

Thank you, Woodpeckers for your hard work🫡

Happy Labor Day!

09/04/2026

As the vegans of the bird world, American Goldfinches eat strictly seed with the exception of accidentally swallowing a rogue bug. 🌻

Because of this, American Goldfinches breed in late summer when their favorite plants go to seed so they have plenty of food for themselves and their young, whom they also feed only seeds.

What this means is that Goldfinches are raising young now as some other species have already migrated south!

Now is the best time to put out a finch feeder with Nyjer or Finch Blend. Stop by either of our locations for finch socks, finch feeders, and all things Goldfinch! 💛

📷 by Jamie Simo

09/02/2026

We will be closed on Labor Day Monday, September 7th. Happy Labor Day!

08/31/2026

It’s football season!!!🏈🏟️🍂

There are so many to choose from, which ones should we do next?

Send to a fan of one of these teams📣

(Go Cocks🤙🏼, it’s my Alma Mater🐓)

08/28/2026

We just received a postcard from our friend Northern House Wren! Looks like he's already made it to Mexico!