Birding spots · New Mexico

Best Birding Spots in Los Alamos County, New Mexico

Bandelier National Monument leads Los Alamos County's birding spots with 144 species reported, best in fall. 55 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
Bandelier National Monument	144	2,387	42	83	81	108
Overlook Park	141	1,559	53	97	83	115
Ranch School Trail	133	1,691	39	117	85	92
Resevoir	133	1,055	36	105	90	85
Los Alamos National Laboratory (Walnut Canyon)	128	1,257	25	78	84	98
Bandelier National Monument (Chaquehui Canyon)	117	822	36	77	54	75
Los Alamos National Laboratory	113	1,305	42	87	84	87
Bandelier National Monument (northwest)	107	1,109	27	65	69	67
Stables	107	883	34	83	56	79
Bandelier National Monument (northwest 3)	107	606	24	66	68	71
Los Alamos National Laboratory (Kwage Mesa)	103	501	44	73	57	63
Bandelier National Monument (Burnt Mesa)	99	536	27	62	68	67
Gonzales Road	97	341	30	75	64	69
Blue Dot Trail	95	429	42	54	45	50
Red Dot Trail	95	350	48	69	42	51
Water Canyon Loop Trail	93	323	28	73	57	58
Spring 7	93	187	40	68	38	40
Bandelier National Monument (northwest 4)	92	411	30	65	56	44
Soda Springs	92	178	43	65	41	45
Los Alamos	89	1,430	34	62	55	53
Los Alamos National Laboratory (Cañon de los Frijoles)	84	133	34	60	32	30
Overlook Park (Cañada de Buey)	81	571	44	56	32	43
Los Alamos National Laboratory (Ancho Spring)	81	212	29	56	33	37
Spring 5B	81	158	38	54	35	40
Bandelier National Monument (Upper Frijoles Crossing)	80	178	26	52	57	33
Historical Site Tract #3	79	756	23	63	37	31
Santa Fe National Forest (southwest)	76	144	19	52	54	45
Acid Canyon Trail	75	313	19	62	49	39
Pinon Park	75	226	30	52	30	45
Park	74	2,834	35	59	46	51
Canada Bonito Rna Roadless Area	69	264	20	49	59	37
Bandelier National Monument (northwest 11)	69	112	16	41	40	31
FS Trail	69	104	13	51	57	36
Graduation Canyon Trail	68	187	25	61	38	34
Los Alamos National Laboratory (Graduation Canyon)	65	160	27	36	49	25
Santa Fe National Forest	64	313	32	45	37	36
Los Alamos National Laboratory (South Mesa)	61	51	25	47	27	15
Santa Fe National Forest (American Spring)	60	200	15	43	51	35
Bandelier National Monument (American Spring)	59	104	10	30	48	33
Bandelier National Monument (northwest 12)	59	94	3	41	25	32
Bandelier National Monument (northwest 10)	58	145	4	30	31	37
Bandelier National Monument (northwest 9)	57	148	9	32	47	19
Historical Site Tract #2	57	142	20	41	35	20
Guaje Pines Cemetary	56	138	19	37	37	33
Los Alamos Mesa Trail	55	56	20	37	25	28
Acid Canyon	54	90	22	35	21	28
Bandelier National Monument (northwest 15)	53	58	13	37	38	20
Bandelier National Monument (northwest 13)	30	70	9	12	13	8
Birding spot near Los Alamos (east)	89	172	36	59	58	45
Birding spot near White Rock (Mortandad Canyon)	85	237	37	62	37	51