Full Definition of DETACHMENT. 1. : the action or process of detaching: separation. 2. a: the dispatch of a body of troops or part of a fleet from the main body for a special mission or service b: the part so dispatched c: a permanently organized separate unit usually smaller than a platoon and of special composition.
Northern parts of Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota are in the coldest zone in the U.S., Zone 3. Colorado Springs is in Zone 5b. Black Forest is in Zone 5a. Teller County, like most of our mountain areas, is in Zone 4. But there are other important factors that affect our growing season. Some 40 years ago Sunset magazine developed zone maps which cover Colorado and 12 other Western states.
The Colorado Springs area offers an enormous variety of native and migratory birds. Varied habitats such as juniper scrub, pinyon forests and alpine tundra shelter myriad species including grouse, ptarmigan, rock wrens, green-tailed and spotted towhee, flammulated and pygmy owls, prairie falcons, woodpeckers, hummingbirds, rosy finches and scaled quail.