Birding spots · California

Best Birding Spots in Stanislaus County, California

San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge leads Stanislaus County's birding spots with 175 species reported, best in spring. 73 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
San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge	175	543	127	147	81	122
San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge (Hospital Creek)	158	409	123	123	74	107
San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge (Ingram Creek)	145	292	111	109	43	97
Miller Lake	129	100	84	97	66	92
San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge (west)	126	175	94	81	34	95
Dawson Lake	109	294	80	59	26	72
San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge (northeast)	109	264	86	57	0	79
Ceres River Bluff Regional Park	107	399	78	91	60	72
San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge (Oak Forest)	106	218	84	61	0	73
Knights Ferry Recreation Area	104	309	72	86	54	66
Oakdale Recreation Area	102	159	67	80	52	69
Woodward Reservoir	102	61	72	67	24	43
Turlock Lake State Recreation Area (west)	100	78	68	38	28	66
San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge (north)	100	56	55	61	47	56
Orange Blossom	97	176	72	83	45	54
Dos Rios Ranch	97	95	53	56	62	53
Creekside Golf Course	96	191	51	74	52	72
Hideout Canyon	88	146	32	82	36	21
La Grange Regional Park (French Pit)	88	108	45	69	29	41
East la Loma Park	86	266	47	71	44	62
La Grange Regional Park (Floto Lake)	85	110	64	63	19	51
Turlock Lake State Recreation Area	85	102	67	45	40	54
Dry Creek Park (Site)	81	160	38	49	40	60
Turlock Lake State Recreation Area (Three Tree Flat)	80	91	43	50	39	52
La Grange Regional Park	79	152	59	47	26	59
Orange Blossom Recreation Area	78	186	44	61	46	45
Tuolumne River Regional Park	76	73	40	50	40	43
Frank Raines Regional Park	74	144	23	67	27	26
South Reinway Park & Trailhead	74	134	32	37	41	30
Deer Park Canyon	73	99	0	66	40	12
Thousand Oaks Park	70	105	32	49	21	30
Naraghi Lake	63	117	48	31	9	34
Valley Oak Recreation Area	63	69	31	41	24	31
Fox Grove Fishing Access	59	70	28	46	25	27
Cooperstown	59	67	37	17	0	41
Creekside Golf Course (south)	56	99	24	48	19	33
Donnelly Park	55	99	45	34	22	25
Bobcat Flat	55	78	25	34	23	6
Kewin Park	43	63	33	24	13	13
Creekwood Park	41	131	25	28	13	28
Adobe Canyon	38	52	2	27	5	1
Arkansas Creek	36	118	16	22	13	18
Birding spot near Valley Home	121	270	78	81	64	80
Birding spot near Monterey Park Tract (northwest)	119	52	66	67	82	61
Birding spot near Turlock	103	841	75	72	40	68
Birding spot near Cowan	98	311	66	61	60	62
Birding spot near Monterey Park Tract	97	153	35	85	56	30
Birding spot near Empire	95	332	58	78	50	60
Birding spot near Hickman (southwest)	87	155	50	69	45	48
Birding spot near Patterson (west)	85	192	18	79	40	25