Escalante Canyon eBird Hotspots - Delta, Mesa & Montrose Counties

[Mike Henwood]

Hello All,

After Tony Leukering's post on March 18 re: eBird Checklist Distance, Joe Roller and I reorganized the Escalante Canyon HOTSPOTS.  From Hwy 50, the Escalante Canyon Road runs about 20 miles to the Escalante forks area and upper end of the canyon, goes through several habitat changes, and through 3 counties - Delta, Mesa, and Montrose.  Here are the new HOTSPOTS - you may want to review them before birding Escalante Canyon since much of the birding requires using offline checklists.

Escalante Canyon Road--Hwy 50 to RR tracks Delta County                                         New  HOTSPOT.

Escalante Canyon--Gunnison River to Cap Smith Cabin Delta County                        New name for same HOTSPOT as we have now, and where most of our checklists come from.

Escalante Canyon--Cap Smith Cabin to Potholes Area   Delta County                         New HOTSPOT     These 3 replace Escalante Canyon--Cap Smith to Escalante Forks

Escalante Canyon--Potholes Area to Mesa County Road Sign  Montrose County,      New HOTSPOT  

Escalante Canyon--Escalante Forks Area  Mesa County                                                New HOTSPOT

Escalante Canyon--Brushy Ridge Road west to forest boundary Mesa County           New HOTSPOT

Thanks,

Mike Henwood

Grand Junction

Mesa County