Birding spots · Colorado

Best Birding Spots in Eagle County, Colorado

Wilmor Lake leads Eagle County's birding spots with 140 species reported, best in fall. 24 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
Wilmor Lake	140	690	46	93	67	101
Spring Park Reservoir	139	312	13	104	97	58
Colorado River Segment 7	130	499	38	95	62	92
Sylvan Lake State Park	119	306	14	64	88	71
Gypsum Ponds State Wildlife Area	118	502	32	93	70	70
Brush Creek Park	115	545	50	83	82	68
Trail Gulch	102	222	24	74	86	61
Cedar Brook Lake (Fryingpan River)	92	188	36	27	67	56
Cedar Brook Lake	89	305	39	50	63	34
Berry Creek	83	216	11	58	60	38
Nottingham Lake	70	242	16	51	52	34
Beaver Creek Village	66	134	12	11	57	21
Spraddle Creek	65	325	15	29	52	32
Harry A. Nottingham Park	65	123	7	42	28	35
Yeoman Park	64	61	2	3	61	7
Town of Vail City Parks	61	212	12	17	50	30
Tames Creek	57	117	0	51	27	13
Hockett Gulch	46	54	4	24	25	20
Vail Mountain	44	92	9	8	36	13
Eby Creek	37	57	7	15	26	8
Birding spot near El Jebel	103	217	18	68	73	67
Birding spot near Dotsero	76	144	22	62	31	35
Birding spot near El Jebel (Blue Creek)	65	157	32	42	26	7
Birding spot near Gypsum	57	187	33	32	24	32