Birding spots · New Mexico

Best Birding Spots in Eddy County, New Mexico

Carlsbad Caverns National Park leads Eddy County's birding spots with 262 species reported, best in spring. 24 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
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	262	2,740	131	223	135	200
Lake Avalon	186	464	71	144	117	121
Brantley Lake (North Seven Rivers)	172	258	72	109	82	103
Brantley Lake	156	542	84	87	52	102
Brantley Wildlife Area	131	112	43	66	61	96
Huey Wildlife Area	115	177	58	73	26	59
Lower Transill Reservoir	103	309	62	62	34	32
Brantley Wildlife Area (southwest)	91	90	58	30	20	43
Brantley Lake State Park	85	149	27	54	8	41
Middle Slaughter Canyon	84	151	38	69	30	10
Carlsbad Caverns National Park (Oak Spring)	79	482	36	49	28	51
Jaycee Park	74	89	44	33	17	44
Whites City	63	107	12	51	17	19
Lincoln National Forest (Hamm Draw)	63	67	33	24	38	9
Spring Park	60	77	20	40	24	13
Sitting Bull Falls	56	88	4	36	26	21
Living Desert State Park	54	75	25	29	19	25
Lake Carlsbad Recreation Area	49	98	28	28	19	12
Carlsbad Caverns National Park (northeast)	46	90	12	30	8	19
Carlsbad Caverns Wilderness Area	42	84	11	16	13	10
Birding spot near Whites City	191	375	92	166	60	70
Birding spot near Livingston Wheeler	162	373	99	108	74	109
Birding spot near Whites City (Slaughter Canyon Draw)	124	209	67	72	20	62
Birding spot near Morningside	61	103	20	38	13	30