Birding spots · New Mexico

Best Birding Spots in Colfax County, New Mexico

Reservoir Number 13 leads Colfax County's birding spots with 183 species reported, best in fall. 21 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
Reservoir Number 13	183	402	59	119	117	128
Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge	165	460	64	109	109	130
Stubblefield Reservoir	156	328	53	88	94	113
Eagle Nest Lake	136	253	9	48	95	102
Laguna Madre	132	186	40	84	84	74
Lake Number Fourteen	129	245	7	25	45	104
Springer Lake	129	172	42	75	63	86
Lake Alice	117	209	24	60	89	52
Lake Maloya	115	143	6	71	84	60
Eagle Nest Lake State Park	111	175	0	41	80	67
Angel Fire	79	84	0	37	65	21
Sugarite Canyon State Park	72	146	12	53	49	22
Carson National Forest (Palo Flechado Pass)	71	92	0	38	65	27
Reservoir Number 13 (Number Twelve Lake)	69	79	6	24	33	32
Eagle Nest Lake State Park (Cieneguilla Creek)	66	70	0	32	43	34
Colin Neblett Wildlife Management Area	65	87	0	26	54	20
Climax Canyon Park	62	73	14	26	40	27
Colin Neblett Wildlife Management Area (Palisades)	48	59	0	13	33	18
Birding spot near Angel Fire	83	104	11	45	63	19
Birding spot near Cimarron	76	102	0	3	75	1
Birding spot near Angel Fire (north)	46	55	0	26	37	9