Birding spots · California

Best Birding Spots in Sacramento County, California

Cosumnes River Ecological Reserve leads Sacramento County's birding spots with 206 species reported, best in spring. 161 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
Cosumnes River Ecological Reserve	206	4,124	162	180	124	171
American River Parkway	186	1,855	123	153	110	152
Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District	184	2,065	122	153	126	145
American River Parkway (Routier (historical))	173	1,826	122	142	103	149
Folsom Lake State Recreation Area	172	666	113	98	80	135
Mather Regional Park	171	1,173	123	153	98	118
Gibson Lake	169	475	109	132	95	126
American River Parkway (west 2)	167	633	112	135	99	137
Mississippi Bar	167	526	99	142	85	108
Cosumnes River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (northeast)	166	1,302	115	134	85	129
Cosumnes River Preserve	164	636	120	128	80	119
American River Parkway (west)	158	1,417	100	129	102	136
Cosumnes River Area of Critical Environmental Concern	155	1,397	127	126	67	118
Sacramento Bar	154	556	96	117	95	127
American River Parkway (La Riviera)	152	747	104	118	78	115
Effie Yeaw Nature Center	151	1,710	109	119	80	115
American River Parkway (west 3)	151	554	101	109	84	113
Joseph Reichmuth Park	148	1,446	101	110	81	109
William Land Park	147	1,451	101	124	80	103
American River Parkway (west 6)	144	272	94	117	81	109
American River Access	143	345	95	87	76	110
Michigan Bar	141	716	88	111	53	104
American River Parkway (Chicken Ranch Slough)	141	547	92	104	78	95
Folsom Lake State Recreation Area (west)	137	466	77	122	51	73
Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (southeast)	136	247	105	114	62	75
Bushy Lake (historical)	135	186	90	97	74	97
American River Parkway (west 4)	134	548	89	108	76	107
Cosumnes River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (2)	131	237	85	87	51	88
Cosumnes River Preserve (north)	129	324	98	96	48	88
Sherman Island	128	116	117	31	31	63
Sherman Island (north)	127	88	101	81	59	36
Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge	124	341	96	71	42	82
American River Parkway (west 7)	124	247	86	93	59	92
American River Parkway (Rossmoor Bar)	122	196	80	94	57	86
Brannan Island State Recreation Area	122	159	83	78	56	66
North Natomas Regional Park	121	523	93	87	58	69
Granite Regional Park	121	202	96	96	54	67
Underwood Park	118	383	77	80	61	68
Sutters Landing Regional Park	117	371	81	100	58	69
North Laguna Creek Park	116	479	74	91	62	59
Masonic Lawn Cemetery	115	588	73	69	30	78
American River Parkway (west 8)	111	204	70	92	68	79
San Juan Reservoir Park	110	534	78	86	56	79
Sherman Island (west)	110	114	83	73	54	41
American River Parkway (Buffalo Creek)	109	250	72	88	56	73
American River Parkway (Sailor Bar)	107	228	62	88	67	68
Alumni Grove	106	193	67	86	48	70
American River Parkway (Arden Town)	105	235	73	72	61	71
UEDA Parkway	105	116	70	61	62	1
American River Parkway (north)	104	167	64	81	44	48