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Best Birding Spots in Jackson County, Colorado

Walden Reservoir leads Jackson County's birding spots with 143 species reported, best in spring. 23 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
Walden Reservoir	143	546	0	115	114	86
Case Reservoir Number 2	125	474	1	86	108	71
Pole Mountain Lake	104	107	0	83	82	16
Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge (north)	101	133	0	40	86	47
Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge	98	250	1	56	89	30
State Forest State Park	89	748	16	62	59	25
Cowdrey Reservoir	85	95	0	56	71	34
Coalmont	72	185	0	55	37	4
Lions Park (Walden)	64	112	0	40	53	12
Meadow Creek Reservoir	63	74	0	12	59	1
North Michigan Creek Reservoir	61	78	2	16	38	31
Walden	60	176	7	42	40	17
Ranger Lakes	57	152	0	16	48	16
State Forest State Park (north)	55	80	2	34	40	0
Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge (northeast)	55	69	0	28	42	12
East Delaney Lake	54	51	0	22	36	26
Muddy Pass Lake	49	66	0	5	43	0
State Forest State Park (Willey Lumber Camp)	31	72	0	6	26	1
State Forest State Park (Cameron Pass)	22	61	0	6	16	0
Birding spot near Walden	111	400	0	92	89	53
Birding spot near Walden (Lake John)	106	146	0	58	81	47
Birding spot near Walden (south)	85	108	0	46	74	32
Birding spot near Walden (southwest)	30	204	0	28	6	1