What kind of wildlife lives in the Vail Valley?
There is a tremendous diversity of wildlife in this area, including large mammals such as elk, deer, black bear, mountain goats, big horn sheep, coyotes, and mountain lions, to marmots, weasels, beaver, snowshoe hare, squirrels, chipmunks, and mice. The Valley is also home to birds of prey such as bald and golden eagles, red-tailed hawks, and peregrine falcons, to smaller birds such as the infamous camp robbers (gray jays), magpies, mountain bluebirds, and songbirds, just to name a few.
