Some stay only part of the year and do not appear in official counts, including ' snowbirds' who come to avoid harsh northern hemisphere winters.
Those called snowbirds come in fall and leave in spring.
Ponds fed by summer snowmelt attract a wide range of migratory birds such as ducks, trumpeter swans, snowbirds, and white pelicans.
During the winter months, many part-time residents of the area return from northern states to their winter homes (referred to by locals as snowbirds).
These snowbirds stay only for the winter, before migrating north in the spring to cooler climates.
It is noted for its large snowbird population.
Independent senior living communities are also popular among snowbird seniors who wish to downsize or travel freely without the burden of managing a home.
On the east coast, some of the traffic in fall and spring is by snowbirds who regularly move south in winter and north in summer.
