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Specie Mesa and Miramonte Reservoir
Saturday 24 September 2022, 08:30am - 01:00pm
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Join us as we look for migrating ducks and shorebirds at this seldom visited reservoir in San Miguel County.  Miramonte Reservoir (a.k.a Don Noble State Wildlife Area) hosts a good variety of sagebrush birds, shorebirds and raptors during fall. To get to the reservoir, we’ll drive up CR 44 / Specie Creek Road, a long, sometimes steep, gravel road that is readily passable with a passenger car at this time of year.  It is also often very “birdy”.  The reservoir itself is approximately an hour and forty-five minutes from Montrose so we’ll need an early start. For those coming from Montrose and further north, we’ll meet at the public parking lot at the corner of N. 2nd Street and N. Cascade Ave. in Montrose at 7:30 am, at the Ridgway Visitor Center at the southwest corner of Highway 550 and Highway 62 at 8 am, or at the Specie Mesa Picnic area near Highway 145 approximately 3 miles north of Placerville around 8:30 am.  We expect to wrap up birding around 1 pm, before heading home.  Be sure to dress in layers, and bring a lunch, snacks, water and a spotting scope if you have one.  Please contact the trip leader, Don Marsh at (209) 256-5744 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to RSVP.

Location Miramonte Reservoir and Specie Mesa