Birding spots · Colorado

Best Birding Spots in El Paso County, Colorado

Fountain Creek Regional Park leads El Paso County's birding spots with 224 species reported, best in spring. 114 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
Fountain Creek Regional Park	224	2,751	99	197	107	149
Colorado State Land Board State Land Board	220	1,363	36	177	111	159
Clear Spring Ranch Park	215	2,355	73	191	118	144
Big Johnson Reservoir	212	3,338	76	167	157	158
Fountain Creek Regional Park (north)	202	1,903	88	162	101	116
Ramah Reservoir State Wildlife Area	190	930	34	156	139	100
Prospect Lake	180	2,349	75	137	61	134
Colorado State Land Board State Land Board (southwest)	179	908	22	150	75	132
Red Rock Canyon Open Space	158	2,016	55	103	119	119
Cross Creek	154	899	44	124	77	100
Valley Reservoir Number One (Pigs Eye)	150	1,702	45	117	86	103
Valley Reservoir Number One	147	3,638	55	106	110	90
Fountain Creek Regional Park (northwest)	146	551	78	113	57	71
Sondermann Park	142	1,053	39	123	79	72
Chico Basin (northwest)	137	534	36	114	57	51
Fountain Creek Regional Park (north 2)	136	372	67	105	57	68
Lehouillier Open Space Project (Adams Open Space Property)	135	636	40	123	75	58
Pikeview Reservoir #1	135	468	35	122	46	59
Fountain Creek Regional Park (north 3)	133	257	57	106	59	63
Northgate Open Space	129	403	32	111	78	80
Fountain Creek Regional Park (Widefield)	129	394	64	100	40	70
Quail Lake Park	124	358	48	90	72	68
Aiken Canyon Preserve	121	622	50	87	84	60
Stratton Open Space	120	558	36	66	89	62
Prospect Lake (south)	118	472	42	83	57	65
Crystal Creek	114	652	22	58	104	73
Fountain Creek Regional Park (south)	114	116	38	96	36	52
Mesa Reservoir Number 2	112	501	44	84	59	55
Northgate Open Space (southeast)	110	179	21	88	55	39
Big Stratton Reservoir	108	400	41	87	39	61
A McCray Reservoir	105	143	28	79	46	28
Ute Valley Park	103	689	45	67	78	66
Monument Lake	102	131	14	75	46	61
Homestead Ranch Regional Park	101	281	21	68	72	43
Pike National Forest	99	434	33	49	87	35
Woodmoor Lake	99	107	31	75	51	56
North Cheyenne Canyon	91	673	36	66	68	41
Colorado State Land Board State Land Board (Curiton Reservoir)	87	136	8	67	13	41
Fountain Creek Regional Park (south 2)	87	86	33	49	52	50
Pikes Peak Greenway Trail	85	230	35	63	62	40
Fountain Creek Regional Park (south 3)	85	72	35	62	18	32
Blodgett Peak Open Space	84	398	28	58	65	49
High Chaparral Open Space	82	183	37	52	44	48
Mary Kyer Park	81	168	33	60	49	38
Palmer Lake Regional Recreation Area	80	219	24	52	58	38
Rampart Park	76	255	38	46	50	39
Stetson Hills Open Space	73	107	27	50	43	38
Reservoir Number Four	73	65	0	51	53	17
Nancy Lewis Park	70	228	32	52	35	41
Glen Eyrie Reservoir	68	104	25	33	57	20