Birding spots · New Mexico

Best Birding Spots in Dona Ana County, New Mexico

La Llorona Park leads Dona Ana County's birding spots with 215 species reported, best in fall. 40 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
La Llorona Park	215	1,183	106	168	103	177
Mesilla Valley Bosque Park	209	1,607	102	164	116	166
Leasburg Dam State Park	206	1,017	114	162	86	164
Las Cruces Dam Open Space	184	976	105	125	95	150
Ice Canyon	153	1,009	58	102	90	121
Tellbrook Park	138	978	65	86	55	105
La Llorona Park (north)	132	256	72	79	52	96
Aquirre Spring	123	352	61	88	53	86
Organ/franklin Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern	102	216	48	64	43	62
Sagecrest Park	98	197	62	56	28	44
Leasburg Dam State Park (Hatch Valley)	97	66	45	69	24	52
Bar Canyon	94	264	51	51	45	65
La Llorona Park (north)	91	125	45	50	20	54
Organ/franklin Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Fillmore Canyon)	87	182	49	45	39	63
Young Park	86	533	40	64	31	40
High Range / Sonoma Ranch	85	179	56	48	24	40
Fillmore Canyon	79	155	42	44	40	43
Jornada Experimental Range	76	161	34	43	35	26
Organ Mountains - Desert Peaks National Monument	73	117	31	28	30	40
Organ Mountains Wilderness Area	71	58	25	38	25	44
Union Multi-Use Path	46	173	29	25	18	27
Organ/franklin Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern (north)	46	55	22	17	3	14
Organ Mountains - Desert Peaks National Monument (west)	40	65	12	4	0	33
Birding spot near Picacho Hills (Fairacres)	178	719	98	130	76	121
Birding spot near Picacho Hills	150	826	68	110	73	101
Birding spot near Sunland Park (northwest)	138	114	63	106	60	88
Birding spot near University Park	133	1,095	65	94	57	76
Birding spot near Mesilla	130	300	75	83	64	76
Birding spot near San Pablo	126	215	29	73	77	86
Birding spot near La Union	115	260	59	73	50	84
Birding spot near Sunland Park (south)	112	204	72	88	23	40
Birding spot near Placitas	106	239	48	21	39	77
Birding spot near Tortugas	98	401	66	59	33	63
Birding spot near San Pablo (southeast)	94	84	51	61	41	36
Birding spot near Sunland Park	83	267	49	22	11	59
Birding spot near Santa Teresa	82	61	15	19	47	50
Birding spot near Mesilla (south)	75	55	18	53	31	27
Birding spot near Doña Ana	67	71	37	19	31	27
Birding spot near University Park (Tortugas)	39	57	12	27	8	8
Birding spot near Fairacres	37	59	13	16	18	8