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Best Birding Spots in Sonoma County, California

Bodega Harbor leads Sonoma County's birding spots with 200 species reported, best in fall. 148 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
Bodega Harbor	200	1,051	140	143	127	167
Shollenberger Park	198	3,682	163	170	130	158
Shollenberger Park (Adobe Creek)	198	2,856	152	160	126	146
Campbell Cove (Hole in the Head)	196	2,538	104	114	117	175
Campbell Cove (Bodega Head)	189	1,500	76	90	108	157
Doran Park	188	2,480	140	130	129	153
Spring Lake Regional Park	182	2,606	131	139	102	147
Tolay Lake Regional Park	176	1,188	136	144	84	115
Campbell Cove	173	3,153	104	98	76	144
Doran Park (Cheney Gulch)	172	1,145	125	132	112	134
Bodega Marine Reserve	166	1,328	91	101	81	141
Ramal	163	701	133	119	85	112
San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Greenwood (historical))	159	627	115	116	76	113
Gualala Point	154	422	89	102	97	119
Kelly Farm	149	827	112	125	89	118
Sonoma Coast State Park (Willow Creek)	149	397	81	86	91	121
Ebabias Creek	147	653	88	68	98	110
Sonoma Coast State Park	147	565	74	91	70	108
Johnson Gulch	142	973	100	92	63	96
Spud Point	137	735	88	90	81	106
Johnson Gulch (Bodega Bay)	137	716	99	90	46	88
Riverfront Regional Park	137	627	92	111	80	105
Laguna Youth Park	131	457	104	99	73	81
Sonoma Coast State Park (Salmon Creek)	130	346	63	65	64	100
Bodega Harbor (Bodega Bay)	129	895	86	88	53	88
Ross	125	458	91	96	80	90
Mud Spring	123	395	73	98	70	73
Suttonfield Lake	122	587	76	96	72	79
Howarth Park	121	652	93	89	61	72
Bodega Harbor (Spud Point)	118	362	69	75	49	88
Ragle Ranch	116	550	69	80	73	87
San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Rose (historical))	116	328	97	70	38	60
Goat Rock Beach	114	220	73	43	54	75
Fountain Grove Park	113	357	83	75	57	87
Foothill Regional Park	110	258	62	87	57	74
Laguna Wildlife Area	109	115	81	79	51	75
Helen Putnam Park	107	558	72	84	67	74
Russian River	107	340	54	74	54	58
South Salmon Creek Beach	107	123	35	58	27	64
Fort Ross Cove	106	192	45	54	70	73
Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area (Sears Point)	105	245	84	54	48	52
Russian Gulch	104	163	3	21	68	85
Salmon Creek	103	201	55	56	35	63
Sugarloaf Ridge State Park	102	472	55	87	60	63
A Place to Play Park	100	325	71	79	38	64
San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Skaggs Island)	100	50	79	55	3	0
Sonoma Coast State Park (Mount Roscoe)	99	244	62	68	55	67
Fountaingrove Lake	98	268	66	73	57	72
Fern Lake	98	231	69	79	59	55
Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area (Steamboat Slough)	98	73	79	34	40	55