Birding spots · California

Best Birding Spots in San Joaquin County, California

Staten Island leads San Joaquin County's birding spots with 165 species reported, best in winter. 61 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
Staten Island	165	1,284	135	87	83	130
Smith Lake	159	963	114	123	82	127
Camanche Reservoir	152	678	109	114	75	108
Woodbridge Ecological Reserve	150	910	117	92	35	113
Oak Grove Park	149	591	83	122	81	88
White Slough Wildlife Area	142	189	68	127	75	69
Jack Tone Golf Course	140	464	83	113	86	94
Lodi Lake Park and Nature Area	125	617	95	75	46	79
Oak Grove Regional Park	119	196	70	100	40	61
Laughlin Park	116	538	63	87	64	94
Caswell Memorial State Park	114	298	67	99	58	71
Faklis Community Park	113	232	78	92	58	76
Woodbridge Wilderness Area Regional Park	113	164	62	77	62	84
Buckley Cove	106	166	69	76	48	66
Westgate Landing Regional Park	104	83	80	63	18	45
San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge (northeast)	102	171	50	84	63	63
Forest Lake	101	90	51	79	53	56
Jacob Myers Park	100	120	62	69	31	65
Louis Park	95	123	71	73	16	60
Swenson Park Golf Course	90	213	59	58	54	73
Woodbridge Ecological Reserve (northeast)	90	149	71	18	7	66
Creek Park (Mountain House)	88	107	60	66	36	52
Clements Hwy 12 Properties	77	132	61	50	11	26
Mavis Stouffer Park	75	130	31	66	41	40
Peterson Park	70	282	46	36	24	46
DeBenedetti Park	67	99	53	23	7	39
Calaveras River Bike Path	65	93	38	47	0	50
Micke Grove Regional Park	64	62	40	39	16	37
Baxter Park	63	64	0	40	23	42
South Bear Creek	61	94	24	53	19	39
American Legion Park	49	68	33	40	22	19
Hutchins Street Square	32	90	25	16	1	24
Birding spot near Terminous	147	495	112	86	68	98
Birding spot near Lathrop (Paradise Cut)	135	186	88	97	70	90
Birding spot near Lodi	132	589	96	91	80	105
Birding spot near Wallace	129	446	87	100	64	83
Birding spot near Tracy	125	383	82	84	71	89
Birding spot near Country Club (south)	124	249	93	48	71	88
Birding spot near Ripon	120	347	79	85	72	81
Birding spot near Victor	111	229	62	99	62	58
Birding spot near Country Club	102	399	77	78	59	66
Birding spot near Lathrop	99	201	71	73	12	55
Birding spot near Terminous (south)	98	54	67	51	33	11
Birding spot near Terminous (Little Connection Slough)	91	61	67	53	42	2
Birding spot near Westley	88	176	64	65	15	28
Birding spot near Stockton	86	311	48	70	20	58
Birding spot near Country Club (Buckley Cove)	86	51	58	54	42	40
Birding spot near Lathrop (Mossdale)	84	66	61	57	21	52
Birding spot near Terminous (southwest)	81	54	46	51	0	35
Birding spot near Riverbank	69	51	35	33	26	41