Birding spots · New Mexico

Best Birding Spots in Socorro County, New Mexico

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (southeast 2) leads Socorro County's birding spots with 245 species reported, best in spring. 46 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
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (southeast 2)	245	965	130	197	120	163
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (east)	240	1,984	106	214	73	127
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (southwest)	223	2,113	99	151	128	184
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (south)	217	1,760	118	179	107	160
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (southeast)	207	1,305	111	173	67	114
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge	206	3,736	102	162	74	133
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (east)	200	586	34	182	108	78
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (northeast)	198	910	105	162	74	102
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (south 2)	184	853	81	155	77	85
Bernalillo Waterfowl Management Area	163	1,193	112	78	49	115
La Joya Waterfowl Management Area	160	348	85	128	52	61
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (north)	152	973	89	91	21	98
North Fork Water Canyon	140	752	51	112	93	71
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (southeast 3)	128	408	52	97	67	52
Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (Cañada Ancha)	115	152	51	79	55	33
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (north 2)	114	396	49	80	8	77
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (northeast)	113	218	50	66	26	55
Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (Rio Salado)	113	110	42	74	57	22
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (southeast 4)	109	229	43	65	35	38
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (southeast 5)	101	133	41	45	57	29
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (south 3)	93	173	32	52	30	36
Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge	92	494	48	50	38	47
Bernalillo Waterfowl Management Area (Bernardo)	87	140	54	24	22	35
Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (north)	85	91	16	34	50	14
Cibola National Forest (Copper Canyon)	75	136	7	51	55	23
San Antonio on the Camino Real Historic Marker	75	87	27	43	6	23
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (southwest)	69	305	38	51	25	34
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (north 4)	68	154	24	40	32	21
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (north 3)	63	187	30	43	14	29
Springtime Recreation Area	61	64	6	51	30	15
Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (Cottonwood Tank)	49	77	0	22	41	0
Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (Pinon Canyon)	45	52	0	15	41	0
San Antonio	40	52	18	18	1	14
Birding spot near Socorro	151	683	83	126	39	78
Birding spot near San Antonito	123	327	58	78	27	66
Birding spot near Magdalena	106	273	44	73	67	49
Birding spot near Escondida	89	111	37	40	26	46
Birding spot near La Joya	86	66	52	39	27	9
Birding spot near Luis Lopez	79	267	22	60	34	22
Birding spot near Lemitar	79	84	43	41	22	37
Birding spot near Luis Lopez (Bosquecito)	69	50	33	38	0	20
Birding spot near Socorro (Blue Canyon)	65	101	30	38	3	32
Birding spot near San Antonito (south)	59	166	25	43	6	24
Birding spot near Socorro (Socorro Canyon)	44	119	21	33	23	14
Birding spot near Datil	42	84	5	19	21	3
Birding spot near San Antonio	32	131	17	8	0	26