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Best Birding Spots in Kern County, California

Galileo Park leads Kern County's birding spots with 198 species reported, best in fall. 104 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
Galileo Park	198	508	45	141	99	163
Central Park Lake	188	823	72	136	82	143
Butterbredt Spring	158	711	26	148	71	68
Hart Memorial Park	155	712	121	117	60	102
National Audubon Society 15	147	642	58	119	95	75
Lake Ming	147	519	120	102	54	111
Kern National Wildlife Refuge	146	226	85	124	37	78
Golden Hills Nature Park	137	224	77	95	69	97
Panorama Vista Nature Preserve	126	312	83	98	63	80
National Audubon Society 3	125	412	58	106	75	49
Canebrake Ecological Reserve	124	268	47	112	67	47
Branch Memorial Park	119	177	45	98	52	52
Buena Vista Aquatic Recreation Area	119	114	94	64	40	60
Uplands of the Kern River Parkway Park	116	203	76	86	49	63
Kern National Wildlife Refuge (northwest)	115	195	76	92	49	49
Kern National Wildlife Refuge (southwest)	114	168	82	92	39	57
Panorama Vista Nature Preserve (Sacramento Gulch)	114	153	61	92	50	59
Wofford Heights Park	111	77	35	54	45	80
Tehachapi Mountain Park	109	360	22	61	78	77
Kern River Parkway Park	104	160	66	63	42	65
Brite Lake Park	104	130	66	60	43	45
Lake Woollomes	103	84	61	60	31	64
South Fork Wildlife Area	100	100	1	66	74	24
Sierra Canyons Area of Critical Environmental Concern	96	143	41	79	33	40
National Audubon Society 7	95	136	41	79	57	4
2800 Acre Water Bank	95	129	49	63	48	49
Rabbit Island	94	66	24	48	38	35
Kernville Circle Park	92	494	65	61	33	58
Kern River Golf Course	92	64	55	60	0	42
National Audubon Society 9	91	125	22	83	44	14
Sequoia National Forest (South Fork Valley)	91	66	3	51	72	0
Sequoia National Forest	90	146	55	64	13	43
Kern River County Park	90	54	68	42	2	30
The Park at River Walk	85	142	64	62	38	44
Short Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern	85	126	42	65	22	36
Kissack Cove	85	126	51	44	34	34
Red Rock Canyon State Park	83	282	20	72	10	15
Sand Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern	83	110	24	60	31	30
Golden Hills Nature Park (Tom Sawyer Lake)	82	115	43	49	18	49
Fort Tejon State Historic Park	80	121	34	63	41	28
Wind Wolves Preserve	79	99	49	66	16	25
National Audubon Society 12	79	54	9	68	46	0
South Fork Wildlife Area (northeast)	77	64	12	46	58	3
Sequoia National Forest (Rattlesnake Creek)	77	57	31	26	36	31
Frog Spring	75	71	14	62	16	15
Kiavah Wilderness Area	74	74	28	60	11	24
Paradise Cove (Isabella Lake)	70	58	27	21	25	34
César E. Chávez National Monument	69	123	46	43	14	36
Canebrake Ecological Reserve (Fay Creek)	68	58	43	29	31	6
Inyokern County Park	67	201	29	50	15	28