Birding in Mesa County, CO

Birds of Mesa County Checklist from Colorado Field Ornithologists
View/Download it here

Prime birding sites in Mesa County 
Descriptions/Directions here

"Important Birding Areas" in Mesa County
"[The National Audubon Society] spearheads an ambitious effort to identify, monitor, and protect the most important places for birds. We also collaborate with 19 international partners to extend a web of protection throughout the Western Hemisphere. To date Audubon has identified 2,758 IBAs [Important Bird Areas] covering 417 million acres of public and private lands in the United States."- from the National Audubon Society website www.audubon.org
There are four IBAs designated in Mesa County, click the links below to learn more about them:
Highline State Park
Colorado National Monument
Grand Valley Riparian Corridor
Unaweep Seep Natural Area

Western Slope Birding Network This is a yahoo group listserve which shares information about notable birds sighted on the western slope. You can ask to join the yahoo group here 
Regional Birding Organizations

Audubon Rockies: Audubon Rockies is the regional office of the National Audubon Society serving the states of Wyoming and Colorado. Audubon’s mission is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity.

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies: Bird Conservancy of the Rockies conserves birds and their habitats through an integrated approach of science, education and land stewardship. Our work radiates from the Rockies to the Great Plains, Mexico and beyond. Our mission is advanced through sound science, achieved through empowering people, realized through stewardship and sustained through partnerships. Together, we are improving native bird populations, the land and the lives of people.

Colorado Field Ornithologists: CFO is a non-profit, volunteer organization devoted to the study, conservation and enjoyment of Colorado's birds. 
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GVAS  member, Coen Dexter has updated the Bird of Western Colorado, Plateau and Mesa Country for its 13th Anniversary. The update is available as a free supplement you can download here: Supplement II to the Birds of Western Colorado, Plateau and Mesa Country

Birding Techniques

Birding Techniques Manual
This manual was created by members of the Grand Valley Audubon Society and gives birding tips and tricks! Get the PDF here


​Photo by USFWS
Happy Birding!