Birding spots · Arizona

Best Birding Spots in Coconino County, Arizona

Ashurst Lake leads Coconino County's birding spots with 209 species reported, best in fall. 166 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
Ashurst Lake	209	1,280	58	135	145	179
Picture Canyon Natural and Cultural Preserve	203	2,817	98	161	136	152
Bottomless Pit	199	2,433	88	158	98	148
Coconino National Forest	154	655	46	81	106	113
Mormon Lake	154	460	36	118	95	77
Cave Spring	145	1,635	38	125	106	83
Coconino National Forest (Loading Chute Tank)	145	554	40	75	95	101
Grand Canyon National Park	143	1,669	27	84	102	114
Arizona National Scenic Trail (Sinclair Wash)	143	575	51	112	75	74
Lower Lake Mary	143	569	42	107	67	89
Grand Canyon National Park (Rowes Tank)	140	245	18	81	77	102
Thorpe Softball Complex	137	1,567	43	93	75	96
Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness	128	517	27	101	88	69
Glen Canyon	122	412	48	98	25	56
Coconino National Forest (Dairy Spring)	120	310	11	88	90	19
Elden Spring	119	1,786	47	104	83	81
Coconino National Forest (north)	117	485	35	74	55	77
Babbit Tank	115	466	24	53	68	94
Cameron	114	594	23	88	51	55
Cataract Lake	114	263	36	85	65	55
Coconino National Forest (Mountain View Ranches)	113	252	39	86	61	69
Dairy Spring	112	221	19	71	77	58
Marshall Lake	111	294	29	89	62	44
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Paria Canyon)	111	267	16	71	31	73
Oak Creek Canyon Scenic Area (north)	108	221	55	80	47	31
Flagstaff City Reservoirs	107	450	29	69	72	59
Thorpe	103	430	32	77	58	59
Spring Beach Spring	103	292	14	64	68	65
Landing Strip Tank	103	226	17	71	64	55
Rimmy Jim Tank	103	187	17	67	33	61
Scholz Lake	103	139	32	68	61	41
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	102	284	41	52	17	42
Walnut Canyon National Monument	101	718	31	66	61	47
Slide Rock State Park	100	240	24	80	38	34
Rogers Lake	99	109	0	81	37	16
Woods Canyon Lake	93	287	4	55	64	50
Buffalo	92	449	26	51	56	40
The Arboretum at Flagstaff	92	262	0	56	65	60
Little Elden Spring	91	266	16	69	68	59
Stoneman Lake	91	100	36	66	44	24
Grand Canyon National Park (west 2)	89	528	21	58	56	55
Big Fill Lake	89	242	57	61	31	22
Grand Canyon National Park (west 3)	88	457	22	55	48	45
Cogdill Center	88	417	22	57	57	46
Petes Water Haul	88	204	31	65	50	32
Grand Canyon National Park (Mather Point)	86	816	24	52	50	49
Domingo Tank	86	144	4	59	68	30
Grand Canyon National Park (west 7)	85	265	30	63	52	40
Grand Canyon National Park (west)	83	626	23	56	47	56
Grand Canyon National Park (Bright Angel Point)	83	387	0	28	63	65