Places to Bird - Deer Creek Reservoir

Deer Creek Reservoir

Deer Creek Reservoir and Mt. Timpanogos by Merrill Webb ©Merrill Webb

Directions: Deer Creek Reservoir lies along Hwy. 189 about 4 miles southwest of Heber or about 10 miles going east up Provo Canyon. The road on the east end of the reservoir that goes through Charleston to Midway is a main access road to the good birding areas when the reservoir is full.

Description: The east and northeast shores of the lake are generally the best for birding, but birds can be found all along the shore to the dam on the west end. In the spring and summer there are generally a lot of bird in northeast arm where the Provo River flows into the reservoir and in the shallow areas and mudflats extending along the north shore in this area.

Specialty Birds: (Spring) Sandhill Crane, Osprey, waterfowl, shorebirds, gulls and terns (Fall, Winter) Sabine´s Gull, Pacific Loon, Common Loon, Ring-necked Duck, Barrow´s Goldeneye, Bald Eagle and Northern Shrike

(Weather Forecast)

A cold, windy day at
Deer Creek Reservoir