Pikes Peak supports about 225 bird species from the foothills to the summit because the mountain contains a range of habitats, including foothills forest, montane forests, subalpine forests, alpine tundra, and reservoirs. The foothills forest at 6,000-8,000 feet includes pinyon pine, juniper, and scrub oak; montane forests at 8,000-9,500 feet include Douglas fir, ponderosa pine, and aspen; subalpine forests at 9,500-11,500 feet include Englemann spruce, bristlecone pine, and limber pine; and alpine tundra at 11,500 feet and above is also identified. Birds found in these habitats include green-winged teals, bald eagles, mallards, California gulls, white-crowned sparrows, gray jays, Clark’s nutcrackers, golden and ruby-crowned kinglets, Twonsend’s solitaires, scrub jays, black-billed magpies, spotted towhees, American pipits, brown-capped rosy finches, common ravens, white-tailed ptarmigan, broad-tailed hummingbirds, dark-eyed junco, Steller’s jay, and mountain chickadees. The subject is dedicated to the memory of Rich Buzzelli, landscape photographer, nature lover and friend of Pikes Peak.