Birding spots · New Mexico

Best Birding Spots in Sandoval County, New Mexico

Cochiti Lake leads Sandoval County's birding spots with 156 species reported, best in spring. 44 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
Cochiti Lake	156	149	0	106	78	99
Rio Rancho Bosque	155	1,108	74	125	91	86
Cochiti Reservoir	152	450	73	110	46	99
Zia Reservoir	143	91	22	51	88	88
Bandelier National Monument (northwest 2)	124	637	38	83	88	61
Bandelier National Monument (Frijoles)	103	338	32	80	66	51
Coronado Historic Site	100	182	56	52	41	51
Valles Caldera National Preserve	98	375	6	51	67	51
Bandelier National Monument (northwest 7)	98	158	22	70	70	47
Bandelier National Monument (northwest 5)	88	290	24	64	63	41
East Fork Jemez, New Mexico Wild and Scenic River (east)	79	227	14	34	67	38
Bandelier National Monument (northwest 6)	78	242	14	62	60	27
Capulin Spring (Capulin Peak)	75	276	8	37	61	48
Bandelier National Monument (Sawyer Mesa)	72	173	8	33	59	42
Bandelier National Monument (northwest 8)	71	157	28	47	57	38
Fenton Lake	71	94	0	37	58	22
Peña Blanca	70	122	9	42	20	35
Bernalillo Watershed, Plo 1882 Watershed Withdrawal	68	65	15	42	45	16
Tunnel Spring	67	86	17	40	35	41
East Fork Jemez, New Mexico Wild and Scenic River	64	232	0	22	58	24
Valles Caldera National Preserve (Jaramillo Creek)	62	78	11	32	53	31
Cibola National Forest (Head Spring)	58	98	0	42	49	2
Las Huertas Canyon	54	63	8	28	46	15
Tent Rocks Area of Critical Environmental Concern	53	114	15	29	28	14
Jemez National Recreation Area (El Cajete Canyon)	52	59	9	17	43	21
Bernalillo Watershed Addition, Plo 3839 10/4/1965 Watershed Withdrawal	50	58	9	33	24	19
Seven Springs	49	50	0	27	37	12
Bandelier National Monument (Upper Frijoles Falls)	48	118	3	23	15	22
Mountain View Park	42	112	19	15	23	32
Jemez National Recreation Area	38	64	8	7	23	17
Bandelier National Monument (northwest 14)	35	59	7	19	33	15
Birding spot near Pueblo of Sandia Village	205	2,572	94	161	114	164
Birding spot near Edith Enclave (Corrales)	189	1,274	86	136	103	144
Birding spot near Edith Enclave (north)	184	1,359	90	132	87	131
Birding spot near Algodones	150	308	72	110	75	91
Birding spot near Pueblo of Sandia Village (Arroyo de la Baranca)	149	451	71	117	86	85
Birding spot near Peña Blanca	140	216	71	109	54	100
Birding spot near North Valley (northwest)	129	224	62	85	61	66
Birding spot near Corrales (southwest)	101	133	44	69	61	39
Birding spot near Santa Ana Pueblo	100	205	31	58	58	55
Birding spot near Corrales	99	207	52	66	44	56
Birding spot near Edith Enclave (northeast)	96	90	43	57	44	57
Birding spot near Cochiti	89	220	49	46	6	60
Birding spot near San Ysidro	69	123	12	50	26	20