Birding spots · Colorado

Best Birding Spots in Douglas County, Colorado

Chatfield Lake (Spring Gulch) leads Douglas County's birding spots with 222 species reported, best in fall. 58 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
Chatfield Lake (Spring Gulch)	222	751	82	147	100	163
Chatfield State Park (Plum Creek)	218	1,651	50	160	137	175
Chatfield Lake	194	2,766	66	137	110	175
Platte Canyon Reservoir (Brush Creek)	194	1,284	52	164	97	119
Rueter-Hess Reservoir	177	742	68	136	119	130
Salisbury Equestrian Park	176	1,256	65	145	101	120
Chatfield State Park (Archer)	173	953	55	120	75	136
Chatfield State Park (Acequia)	170	653	49	135	100	98
Chatfield State Park (south)	154	651	50	123	100	97
Roxborough State Park	152	1,453	47	113	112	83
Chatfield State Park (northeast)	150	607	43	112	91	108
Chatfield State Park (east 2)	145	361	40	88	80	86
Dupont Fee Title	137	547	44	108	96	74
Blackrock Lake	136	1,240	79	91	64	94
Castlewood Canyon State Park	136	794	42	107	105	73
Sulphur Gulch	135	671	48	108	68	71
Castlewood Canyon State Park (northwest)	127	358	32	95	90	50
Chatfield Lake (northwest)	124	473	57	70	47	77
Chatfield Lake (west)	120	360	49	72	47	77
Chatfield Lake (southwest)	112	264	43	51	48	70
Louviers	107	257	36	65	74	60
Chatfield State Park (Willow Creek)	102	104	25	64	54	45
Spring Gulch	100	149	25	77	57	57
Castlewood Canyon State Park (Lake Gulch)	98	284	25	71	76	52
Bingham Lake Park	95	231	36	75	47	59
High Line Canal Trail	92	344	41	62	57	56
N. Willow Creek	90	238	12	49	78	21
Chatfield State Park (east 3)	87	118	34	57	54	17
High Line Canal Trail (Willow Creek)	82	87	42	31	43	36
Pike National Forest (north)	81	404	27	52	69	29
Chatfield Lake (Plum Creek)	80	152	16	46	23	33
Foothills Water Treatmnt Plant	78	361	26	54	44	32
Gateway Mesa	73	100	9	43	51	47
McLellan Reservoir (Wide Acres)	72	152	29	38	49	22
Chatfield State Park (east)	66	500	16	43	22	31
Daniels Park	62	159	9	38	44	21
Castlewood Canyon State Park (southeast)	60	62	0	41	43	35
Cottonwood Metro District Regional (Metro District) Parks	60	52	9	45	30	8
Aurora-Rampart Reservoir	59	159	24	33	7	33
Dawson Butte - Phase I	58	78	15	28	48	18
Town of Parker Public Works Department City Land - General	53	93	30	23	34	3
Sterling Gulch	46	66	11	30	12	7
Pike National Forest (north)	45	50	6	21	33	5
Chatfield Lake (Archer)	45	50	12	15	1	32
Devils Head	41	50	0	7	34	16
Birding spot near Franktown (Willow Creek)	134	494	41	100	81	81
Birding spot near Franktown (Mitchell Gulch)	129	647	28	96	65	77
Birding spot near Franktown (south)	95	158	7	60	73	29
Birding spot near Castle Rock	91	260	37	77	60	33
Birding spot near The Pinery	81	82	19	56	33	5