Birding spots · Colorado

Best Birding Spots in Larimer County, Colorado

Boyd Lake State Park leads Larimer County's birding spots with 233 species reported, best in spring. 222 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
Boyd Lake State Park	233	2,115	86	193	128	159
Timnath Reservoir	222	1,723	60	101	145	203
Environmental Learning Center	219	3,919	83	183	93	151
Arapaho Bend Natural Area	216	2,443	67	190	99	143
Lake Estes Park	208	1,741	58	169	112	133
Pineridge Natural Area	203	3,171	44	180	118	134
Lake Estes	202	2,200	49	163	130	137
Prospect Ponds Natural Area	200	2,555	65	178	73	111
Wellington State Wildlife Area	200	628	36	179	114	141
Arapaho Bend Natural Area (Boxelder Creek)	199	1,187	63	161	90	121
Fossil Creek Reservoir Natural Area	192	1,582	77	122	115	150
Riverbend Ponds Natural Area	189	3,064	78	161	108	125
Kingfisher Point Natural Area	188	1,668	59	166	89	114
Environmental Learning Center (Spring Creek)	186	2,650	68	167	112	118
North Shields Pond Natural Area	184	2,028	68	160	98	135
Watson Lake	183	2,081	57	169	107	104
Lon Hagler Reservoir	180	1,172	77	142	80	110
Douglass Lake	161	582	47	105	87	112
River's Edge Natural Area	160	1,655	66	142	68	88
Lee Martinez Community Park	159	1,778	63	140	63	73
South Side Reservoir	158	684	44	131	99	96
Ryan Gulch Reservoir	158	544	51	126	94	92
Riverbend Ponds Natural Area (Spring Creek)	156	660	43	146	56	59
City Park	150	2,833	66	128	69	88
Bobcat Ridge Natural Area	148	833	54	113	105	98
Lory State Park	147	1,102	57	120	105	85
George Rist Reservoir	147	1,076	40	121	79	89
Topminnow Bend Natural Area	146	748	50	127	87	79
Equalizer Lake	146	480	39	124	63	86
Reservoir Ridge Natural Area	144	718	35	107	97	60
Sheldon Lake	143	2,868	57	107	75	108
Horseshoe Lake	141	747	43	94	47	106
Eltuck Bay	138	1,063	37	110	100	89
Old St. Louis Natural Area	138	934	64	100	73	77
Loomis II	138	718	57	122	55	49
Lake Loveland	135	872	68	82	44	104
Cattail Pond	135	866	64	114	62	53
Fossil Creek Reservoir Natural Area (west)	135	453	51	78	81	95
Cobb Lake	135	242	53	97	42	70
Mcmurry Natural Area	133	543	40	118	57	59
Red Fox Meadows Natural Area	131	1,648	62	110	50	76
Gateway Natural Area	130	665	41	100	90	58
Pineridge Natural Area (Dixon Reservoir)	129	436	27	106	80	64
Rocky Mountain National Park	127	1,537	11	79	116	65
Morris Reservoir	123	421	32	109	54	31
Lily Lake	122	933	11	59	109	58
Horsetooth Mountain Open Space	122	843	42	95	93	64
Fossil Creek Reservoir Natural Area (Swede Lake)	122	293	43	81	63	75
Dorsey Lake	121	1,755	24	65	100	82
Arapaho Bend Natural Area (Timnath)	119	407	33	88	58	46