Birding spots · California

Best Birding Spots in Santa Clara County, California

Shoreline at Mountain View Park leads Santa Clara County's birding spots with 202 species reported, best in fall. 311 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
Shoreline at Mountain View Park	202	5,501	149	151	131	153
Shoreline at Mountain View Park (Shoreline Lake)	193	4,342	145	158	124	151
Baylands Preserve	192	4,884	146	151	115	150
Ulistac Natural Area	178	5,363	123	146	106	151
Sunnyvale Baylands Park	177	1,523	129	134	81	143
Vasona Lake County Park	176	2,703	112	117	99	144
Baylands Preserve (south)	173	1,771	122	114	78	149
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge	173	1,104	124	122	96	136
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Salt Pond A20)	173	788	126	132	115	147
Lake Cunningham	171	864	129	123	80	120
Shoreline at Mountain View Park (Permanente Creek)	171	688	133	129	100	129
Sunnyvale Baylands Park (Moffett Channel)	170	1,324	122	123	108	140
Edward R. Levin Park	168	1,471	125	145	94	122
Guadalupe Creek Parkchain	167	1,849	125	123	93	131
Coyote Creek Parkway	162	341	118	122	77	122
Los Alamitos Percolation Ponds	161	2,046	119	122	86	129
Los Gatos Creek Park	160	2,040	124	125	69	131
Edward R. Levin Park (southeast)	160	1,352	109	132	86	107
Alviso Marina	157	1,372	115	120	96	114
Halls Valley Lake (north)	156	691	91	140	93	107
Baylands Preserve (west)	154	1,519	123	106	81	113
Bay Trail	151	1,302	104	94	86	119
Sunnyvale Baylands Park (Guadalupe Slough)	151	799	116	94	83	119
Calero Reservoir	150	998	110	120	84	98
Penitencia Creek Park	149	767	101	106	71	118
Baylands Preserve (Saint Francis)	147	1,137	124	101	67	106
Hellyer County Park	147	568	105	88	72	111
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (northwest 2)	146	681	110	95	103	105
Halls Valley Lake (north)	144	429	82	124	90	80
Los Alamitos Percolation Ponds (south)	143	1,022	101	113	88	89
Coyote Lake	143	241	99	101	79	73
Enid Pearson-Arastradero Preserve	140	1,223	94	114	96	101
Halls Valley Lake	140	1,137	65	126	103	90
Lagunita	140	915	91	110	74	62
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (west)	140	545	73	86	86	108
Edward R. Levin Park (northwest)	139	250	93	119	78	82
Baylands Preserve (southwest)	137	1,377	99	107	66	80
Mountain View Tidal Marsh	137	771	109	87	69	91
Vasona Lake County Park (Vasona Reservoir)	134	609	86	84	68	102
Santa Teresa County Park	133	920	89	119	71	67
Coyote Creek Parkway (Alvirez Field)	133	318	89	86	60	107
Guadalupe River	132	453	108	87	72	81
Alum Rock	130	909	81	105	85	77
Stevens Creek Nature Study Area	130	452	88	76	91	70
Los Alamitos Percolation Ponds (south)	129	408	83	100	82	78
Stevens Creek Tidal Marsh	127	856	89	83	75	86
Penitencia Creek Park (Sierra Creek)	127	469	92	92	69	84
Moffett Channel	126	602	73	82	88	93
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Artesian Slough)	123	379	94	82	66	85
Coyote Lake-Harvey Bear Ranch County Park	123	357	92	99	55	57