Birding spots · Arizona

Best Birding Spots in Cochise County, Arizona

Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area leads Cochise County's birding spots with 256 species reported, best in fall. 170 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
Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area	256	5,324	172	202	151	229
San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area	243	7,925	150	212	147	189
San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (Spring Creek)	224	2,218	134	194	125	159
Environmental Operations Park	219	1,829	126	173	150	171
Portal	206	4,120	101	192	130	128
San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (south)	201	2,603	110	173	114	145
Parker Canyon Lake	197	760	115	143	91	153
Ramsey Canyon Preserve	186	7,343	87	165	147	128
Coronado National Forest (east)	178	6,041	58	161	141	125
Brown Canyon	174	1,691	95	149	118	121
Miller Canyon Recreation Area	166	3,604	24	138	140	99
Silver Creek	164	3,612	79	148	104	112
Portal (northwest)	163	2,872	61	142	104	94
Miller Peak Wilderness	162	1,953	55	142	134	103
Coronado National Forest (southeast 2)	159	827	61	126	110	83
Bledsoe	156	2,563	67	133	107	82
Coronado National Forest (Cave Creek Canyon)	155	1,056	64	129	101	84
Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge	155	253	38	97	102	121
San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (Graveyard Gulch)	150	493	58	125	88	103
San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (Brunckow Hill)	149	455	65	122	71	104
San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge	149	131	69	95	70	76
Sunny Flat Picnic Ground	148	1,640	46	130	85	93
Coronado National Forest (Road Tank)	142	515	66	116	96	96
Paradise	141	2,350	39	116	99	71
Coronado National Memorial	140	1,157	70	110	88	98
Cave Creek Canyon	138	826	43	113	82	86
Baker Canyon	138	153	37	95	99	98
Miller Peak Wilderness (Hunter Spring)	134	581	51	102	101	77
San Bernardino Valley	134	159	59	112	64	68
Coronado National Forest (southeast)	133	1,978	20	116	111	83
Walnut Gulch	133	423	58	115	80	83
Rhyolite Canyon	132	507	56	89	69	67
San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (southeast)	132	225	62	111	36	52
Upper Rustler Spring	130	1,976	24	108	105	84
San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (Palominas)	126	229	44	98	73	67
Coronado National Forest (Onion Saddle)	125	1,917	26	109	99	70
Kartchner Caverns State Park	125	673	61	109	55	49
Coronado National Forest (east 8)	125	349	43	91	79	98
Coronado National Forest (Silver Tank)	122	330	31	72	88	72
Coronado National Forest (east 2)	121	1,465	33	104	81	62
Barfoot Spring	119	1,662	10	96	96	69
Coronado National Forest (southeast 3)	119	680	42	89	80	55
Coronado National Forest (Peach Tree Spring)	118	613	17	65	43	104
Chiricahua National Monument	118	300	48	86	49	61
Veterans Memorial Park	115	469	50	91	54	66
Hunter Spring	113	261	38	81	88	73
Coronado National Forest (Hunter Spring)	113	150	17	78	84	20
Fort Bowie National Historic Site	112	304	58	76	50	62
Coronado National Forest (southeast 6)	111	175	12	98	69	17
Coronado National Forest (east 5)	110	642	28	82	73	51