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Best Birding Spots in Yolo County, California

Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area leads Yolo County's birding spots with 226 species reported, best in spring. 114 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
Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area	226	2,593	140	176	147	171
Putah Creek Riparian Reserve	181	5,242	106	147	122	160
Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area (west)	176	1,443	133	130	108	138
Davis Wetland Demonstration	170	738	114	131	127	116
Northstar Park	168	1,395	113	128	87	119
Wild Wings Park	156	437	103	122	94	114
Grasslands Regional Park	153	882	73	127	85	118
Cache Creek Nature Preserve	150	468	106	110	79	106
Putah Creek	146	1,840	101	118	69	108
Capay Open Space Park	145	483	94	106	75	99
South Fork Preserve	144	935	90	118	82	103
Putah Creek Fishing Access	144	912	94	114	73	115
Elkhorn Regional Park	143	202	79	99	78	116
Sacramento Bypass Wildlife Area	142	218	75	117	93	72
South Fork Preserve (northwest)	135	598	84	107	73	92
Slide Hill Park	132	634	82	89	55	100
Stonegate Lake	128	564	86	102	59	71
Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area (northwest)	128	293	91	99	40	62
Putah Creek Parkway Greenbelt	124	613	72	108	47	88
Putah Creek Fishing Access (southeast)	124	266	78	78	52	91
Lake Washington	124	226	100	85	37	61
Putah Creek Fishing Access (east)	121	289	79	77	38	94
Northstar Park (northeast)	121	238	80	92	63	84
Lake Solano	120	220	86	84	18	84
Lake Solano County Park (Pleasants Creek)	119	244	84	75	48	83
Yolo County Park	117	166	80	87	51	69
Winchester Lake	115	97	63	82	48	74
Liwaito (historical)	110	255	54	77	75	77
Cold Canyon	108	286	80	44	22	80
Fremont Weir Wildlife Area	107	64	45	70	73	54
Northstar Park (west)	103	162	63	74	36	46
Sulphur Spring	102	74	51	83	31	39
Putah Creek Fishing Access (southeast 2)	99	116	66	47	26	68
Stonegate Lake (north)	98	78	65	60	40	53
Putah Creek Parkway Greenbelt (El Macero)	97	274	62	67	25	69
Putah Creek Fishing Access (Bray Canyon)	97	75	63	64	0	40
Lake Spafford	92	397	66	64	34	63
Davis Cemetery	92	306	51	62	32	65
Salt Arroyo	89	116	64	61	24	45
Spring Lake	88	64	51	64	19	21
Putah Creek Fishing Access (southeast 3)	87	82	79	25	5	39
Lake Spafford (Briggston (historical))	86	289	49	54	44	60
Bridgeway Lakes Community Park	85	96	38	66	24	22
Vernon A Nichols Community Park	83	86	48	53	32	55
Putah Creek Fishing Access (southeast 4)	83	75	52	68	43	29
Knights Landing Fishing Access	80	84	34	49	25	58
Northstar Perimeter Greenbelt	78	67	53	59	30	20
River Walk Park	76	109	41	51	42	47
Putah Creek (Briggston (historical))	74	126	30	49	15	59
Lake Spafford (Davis)	73	152	34	55	26	44