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Best Birding Spots in Montrose County, Colorado

Town Reservoir leads Montrose County's birding spots with 141 species reported, best in fall. 28 spots in the county have enough data to rank.

Species counts are birds reported at least three times in that season at that spot, 2016–2025. Busy spots list more species simply because more people look, so compare the checklist counts. Spot names come from public map data and hotspot listings.

Spot	Species	Checklists	Winter	Spring	Summer	Fall
Town Reservoir	141	238	37	96	63	107
Sunset Mesa Openspace	104	445	49	71	57	64
Branscome Dmea Corridor	95	287	45	41	61	52
Baldridge Park	87	267	44	48	48	42
Black Canyon of the Gunnison Wilderness Area	87	241	13	51	66	43
Chipeta Lakes State Wildlife Area	81	244	33	44	43	35
Big Draw	78	204	5	56	52	26
Airport Industrial Park	76	215	37	60	37	33
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park	74	303	0	62	47	13
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (Gunnison Point)	72	237	1	56	49	19
Chipeta State Park	71	217	28	56	43	19
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (Mesa Inclinado)	67	115	0	31	54	24
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (High Point)	60	189	0	30	45	34
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (north)	57	80	0	32	39	14
Cedar Cemetery	47	66	17	36	21	10
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (Deadhorse Gulch)	41	76	0	8	31	11
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (Tomichi Point)	41	66	0	30	25	4
Cobble Creek Golf Course	32	52	26	14	0	0
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (Rock Point)	30	64	0	15	22	5
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (Pulpit Rock)	23	56	0	10	17	4
Birding spot near Nucla	150	379	37	110	79	84
Birding spot near Montrose	109	821	60	74	39	71
Birding spot near Montrose (northwest)	107	476	52	67	55	63
Birding spot near Nucla (southeast)	90	57	12	44	55	52
Birding spot near Montrose (Montrose Arroyo)	72	169	46	35	37	33
Birding spot near Montrose (northeast)	68	95	0	55	23	4
Birding spot near Naturita	66	90	0	38	38	27
Birding spot near Montrose (Jones Draw)	58	73	20	30	42	24