Mesa County
Author(s): Coen Dexter, Rich Levad, John Toolen
County Seat: Grand Junction
Size: 3,309 square miles
Low Elevation: 4,320 ft. - Colorado River on the UT border
High Elevation: 11,236 ft. - Leon Peak
Best Birds: Lawrence's Goldfinch (2007), Broad-billed Hummingbird (2002)
Checklist: Mesa County Checklist
Introduction: Home to Grand Junction, the largest city on the West Slope, and Colorado National Monument, one of its most famous birding spots, Mesa County is a major destination for birders. It contains the best-known and most accessible locations for specialty species including Chukar, Gray Vireo, Black-throated Sparrow and Scott's Oriole. In addition it has a few decent-sized lakes and montane habitats ranging all the way up to spruce-fir. This is an area no visitor should pass up!
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Cheney Reservoir
Habitat: Reservoir, Sagebrush, Lowland Riparian, Tamarisk
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Colorado National Monument
Habitat: Pinyon-Juniper Forest, Cliff Face, Sagebrush
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Colorado River State Park (James M. Robb)
Habitat: Lowland Riparian, Stream
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Divide Road on the Uncompahgre Plateau
Habitat: Pinyon-Juniper Forest, Scrub Oak Forest, Ponderosa Forest, Aspen Grove, Spruce-Fir Forest
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Grand Mesa
Habitat: Mixed-Conifer Forest, Scrub Oak Forest, Aspen Grove, Spruce-Fir Forest, Mountain Meadow
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Highline Lake State Park
Habitat: Reservoir, Sagebrush, Lowland Riparian
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Rabbit Valley and Brewster Ridge
Habitat: Sagebrush, Pinyon-Juniper Forest,
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Unaweep Canyon
Habitat: Lowland Riparian, Cliff Face, Pinyon-Juniper Forest, Pond, Wet Meadow, Stream
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Vega State Park and Reservoir
Habitat: Reservoir, Aspen Grove, Scrub Oak Forest
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