NATURE'S ALMANAC - JANUARY 08

DURANGO WEATHER HISTORY 

Jan 12, 1953 with a record high temperature of 60 degrees F
Jan 12, 1963 with a record low temperature of –35 degrees F

January Averages
Max. 36.8F
Min. 9.4F
Mean 23.0 F

Source: http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliGCStT.pl?coflew

ANIMAL HAPPENINGS 

• Winter can be a prime opportunity to see not only fresh track of wildlife, but also that of mountain lions. Snow gives mountain lions an advantage over their prey as the snow muffles each daunting step as the mountain lion makes its approach. Mountain Lions will protect their home area which can range anywhere from 15 to 250 miles. Female and Male mountain lions are only together to mate and once that task is completed, they go their separate ways and the females raise their young alone. A cub will generally stay with their mother for one to two year.

• Beavers are breeding, having 3-4 baby beavers (kits) inside their lodge. These kits will not emerge until late spring, when the ice thaws.

• Black bears are born.

• Foxes, coyotes, and wolves mate between January and March.

• Large flocks of Bohemian waxwing often move through Colorado, following the fruit crop (juniper, crabapple, mountain ash) in both the mountains and urban areas.


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