Birding spots · Texas

Best Birding Spots in El Paso County, Texas

Rio Bosque Wetlands Park leads El Paso County's birding spots with 207 species reported, best in spring. 26 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
Rio Bosque Wetlands Park	207	1,141	131	169	109	153
Keystone Heritage	188	1,592	104	163	100	123
Ascarate Park	177	1,138	115	120	75	133
Northeast Oxidation Pond Number 2	158	231	67	95	99	119
Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site	147	518	70	97	72	100
Memorial Park (west)	144	824	46	106	73	114
Charl Ann Duck Pond	124	462	66	86	51	75
County Line Lakes	104	104	64	56	29	39
Franklin Mountains State Park (Mundys Gap)	87	123	26	46	50	75
Franklin Mountains State Park	81	340	35	48	38	57
Smeltertown	79	112	40	56	23	40
Billy Rogers Arroyo	78	164	41	47	35	48
Riverside Reservoir	77	120	60	38	13	41
International Reservoir (Mesilla Valley)	63	236	24	35	24	36
Galatzan Park	59	97	43	33	17	24
International Reservoir	57	482	29	36	17	37
Franklin Mountains State Park (north)	54	277	29	34	23	36
Washington Park	54	206	28	33	24	35
Wilderness Museum Nature Park	40	94	22	18	13	22
Permanent University Fund	21	70	8	11	5	2
Birding spot near Horizon City	145	360	57	84	80	107
Birding spot near Sunland Park (south)	121	144	67	65	46	67
Birding spot near Sunland Park (south)	109	238	78	62	31	48
Birding spot near Sunland Park (east)	108	233	52	34	18	96
Birding spot near Sunland Park	105	341	62	72	46	77
Birding spot near El Paso	38	50	16	23	6	9