Birding spots · New Mexico

Best Birding Spots in Santa Fe County, New Mexico

Randall Davey Audubon Preserve leads Santa Fe County's birding spots with 173 species reported, best in spring. 77 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
Randall Davey Audubon Preserve	173	4,827	64	131	131	129
Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve	173	834	67	112	106	135
Santa Fe River Fee	169	2,246	69	126	121	123
Galisteo	166	1,070	45	138	87	111
Municipal Recreation Center	159	1,516	51	119	88	110
Caja del Rio Canyon	156	471	75	117	76	100
Santa Cruz Lake	138	339	46	85	44	101
Los Alamos National Laboratory (east)	117	407	51	92	77	78
Cieneguilla Spring	114	214	45	90	43	58
La Cieneguilla	105	276	35	70	61	58
Las Golondrinas	94	119	2	29	62	70
Santa Fe River Fee (Twomile Reservoir)	80	203	38	60	44	42
Adam Gabriel Armijo Park	80	154	43	46	50	42
Hyde Memorial State Park	76	452	17	53	62	37
John F Ray Griego Park	76	256	34	50	47	45
Santa Fe Recreation Area	72	595	21	28	66	44
Bicentennial Alto Park	72	145	15	42	28	50
Little Tesuque Creek	71	149	18	44	46	47
Cañada Ancha	71	117	31	52	36	32
La Cienega Area of Critical Environmental Concern (west)	71	116	27	34	42	30
La Cienega Area of Critical Environmental Concern	69	138	13	33	36	38
Nambe Reservoir	69	61	0	44	50	15
Deer Creek	65	103	25	39	42	38
CHHP - Sheridan, Cooper, Kohl	62	145	14	44	33	34
Frenchys Field Park & Commons	60	135	30	34	29	16
Santa Fe River Fee (south)	60	86	15	35	41	29
Juan de Gabaldon Grant Roadless Area (Little Tesuque Creek)	60	55	24	38	38	21
Hyde Memorial State Park (north)	59	150	4	41	52	17
Santa Fe National Forest (southeast 2)	59	127	15	30	44	34
La Cienega Area of Critical Environmental Concern (northwest)	59	105	25	31	26	26
Santa Fe National Forest (southeast)	55	215	2	30	49	24
Ashbaugh Park	55	66	12	44	33	0
Santa Fe National Forest (southeast 3)	53	117	3	28	48	23
Juan de Gabaldon Grant Roadless Area	53	116	10	36	44	20
Santa Fe Botanical Garden (Talaya Hill)	52	136	23	23	31	31
Monsignor Patrick Smith Park	52	86	16	31	16	28
Santa Fe River State Park	50	146	31	28	18	17
Santa Fe Botanical Garden	49	219	18	30	30	30
El Tanque	47	65	30	21	5	6
Old Fort Marcy Park	46	122	15	21	27	31
Arroyo Hondo (La Loma)	46	86	9	24	25	20
Santa Fe National Forest (Aspen Basin)	45	123	3	19	36	22
Bandelier National Monument (Pueblo Canyon)	44	116	16	31	24	19
Frank S Ortiz Park	44	105	20	27	15	23
Arroyo del Rosario	43	129	19	32	18	24
Larragoite Park	42	53	0	41	0	1
Plaza Park	41	176	5	19	25	18
Rio Frijoles	41	86	15	22	15	11
Santa Fe National Forest (southeast 4)	38	64	0	7	32	8
Cornell Park (Rose Garden)	37	62	18	22	24	18