Birding spots · Arizona

Best Birding Spots in Navajo County, Arizona

Cottonwood Wash leads Navajo County's birding spots with 187 species reported, best in spring. 39 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
Cottonwood Wash	187	814	81	135	100	120
Tanner Wash Area of Critical Environmental Concern	187	341	55	112	128	150
Fools Hollow Lake	166	662	57	122	105	103
Woodland Reservoir	150	860	47	90	103	105
Tanner Wash Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Leroux Wash)	139	270	24	87	74	84
Pintail Lake	137	442	35	86	92	80
Telephone Lake	135	382	46	70	83	100
Jaques Marsh	132	251	47	83	93	83
Big Spring	128	422	48	91	89	79
Woodruff	123	69	31	67	26	101
Clear Creek Reservoir	117	181	34	63	28	79
Rainbow Lake	112	360	47	68	73	56
Mexican Lake	107	138	11	50	61	48
Winslow	92	287	15	57	39	58
Show Low Lake	91	149	34	60	45	30
White Mountain Lake	90	103	12	64	47	41
Scott Reservoir	87	143	21	61	49	36
Pinetop Regional Office	81	195	15	45	63	36
Silver Creek Hatchery	81	69	11	54	43	28
Shumway	70	120	15	52	40	17
Sitgreaves National Forest	69	213	10	50	55	21
Big Spring (Pinetop-Lakeside)	69	115	16	49	56	32
Cholla Lake	63	100	19	17	16	40
Black Canyon Lake	60	57	2	35	48	11
Sitgreaves National Forest (Hansen Tank)	59	81	8	46	43	21
Hidden Tank	58	67	0	29	48	17
Cub Lake	56	73	1	36	40	31
Homolovi Ruins State Park	48	107	0	25	17	14
Tall Timbers County Park	46	102	11	34	33	21
Lake of the Woods	44	61	22	20	14	1
Petrified Forest National Park (Headquarters)	40	182	4	30	9	8
Show Low City Park	40	63	4	26	28	15
Lookout Point	29	131	4	13	9	8
Birding spot near Joseph City	157	256	30	68	105	125
Birding spot near Show Low	101	258	29	65	73	67
Birding spot near Show Low (north)	46	60	24	14	4	23
Birding spot near Wagon Wheel	41	81	0	25	35	24
Birding spot near Taylor	36	71	19	8	9	23
Birding spot near Shonto	32	88	1	15	22	15