Birding spots · New Mexico

Best Birding Spots in Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Montano Southwest Bosque leads Bernalillo County's birding spots with 242 species reported, best in fall. 130 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
Montano Southwest Bosque	242	6,997	127	194	151	205
Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge	222	3,551	94	171	148	164
Bosque	215	3,973	103	172	115	171
City of Albuquerque 1	203	1,806	88	168	126	150
Alameda	194	2,959	116	148	100	127
Bosque (Los Padillas)	190	1,047	85	159	116	137
Los Poblanos Fields	189	2,494	76	148	97	131
Montano Southwest Bosque (2)	186	1,794	93	143	105	144
Bosque (San Antonio Arroyo)	186	1,385	91	133	96	130
Bosque (north)	185	1,846	87	134	87	138
University of New Mexico Arboretum	167	3,611	56	124	64	125
Bosque (Old Town)	165	2,390	92	132	78	111
Bosque (South Valley)	165	718	77	135	95	117
Bosque (Arroyo de las Calabacillas)	164	583	76	121	84	122
Bosque (San Jose)	154	410	56	126	74	104
East Levee Road	152	633	75	102	83	90
Isleta Lakes	148	693	84	101	58	100
Montano Northwest Bosque	134	439	65	96	68	86
Bosque (Mariposa Diversion Channel)	133	234	73	95	59	80
Cibola National Forest	128	1,158	36	93	92	80
Embudito Trailhead	127	1,811	62	100	79	93
Four Hills Stable	127	392	41	109	59	82
Durand	126	231	62	100	65	57
Montessa Park	122	405	31	94	35	63
Bridge Blvd (Under)	121	398	59	100	59	72
Atrisco Reservoir	117	518	10	104	57	66
Bosque (Pajarito)	116	78	63	81	28	65
Montano Southwest Bosque (San Antonio Arroyo)	115	220	58	81	53	61
Manzano Four Hills	112	998	43	84	65	69
Wildflower	112	344	33	67	55	87
Elena Gallegos picnic area	111	691	49	66	55	71
Bosque (north 2)	109	105	54	86	48	19
Sandia Crest	108	2,797	44	63	74	60
Sandia Foothills	108	810	55	78	58	76
Rio Grande Botanic Garden	107	429	59	75	44	58
East Levee Road (southwest)	107	222	67	82	44	46
Ojito de San Antonio	106	508	34	86	70	73
Bosque (Atrisco)	106	146	50	79	46	53
Netherwood Park	104	1,386	41	80	49	54
East Levee Road (San Antonio Arroyo)	101	115	53	64	30	48
Cibola National Forest (southwest)	99	339	28	75	56	47
Bachechi	98	211	55	57	45	52
Bosque (northwest)	97	91	53	53	24	38
Valle del Bosque Park	95	120	43	55	38	45
Sulphur Canyon	94	749	36	80	64	46
Sanchez Farm	94	216	45	64	47	55
Bosque (Los Duranes)	94	74	37	74	34	1
Cibola National Forest (south)	91	259	26	60	68	62
Bosque (south)	90	93	46	44	36	40
East Levee Road (Old Town)	89	112	35	53	31	44