Birding spots · District of Columbia

Best Birding Spots in District of Columbia County, District of Columbia

National Capital Parks leads District of Columbia County's birding spots with 232 species reported, best in spring. 121 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
National Capital Parks	232	6,880	121	202	122	179
Theodore Roosevelt Island	189	5,227	96	174	99	128
Kingman Lake	169	2,256	93	141	79	142
Heritage Island	168	3,356	83	140	98	134
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	165	2,253	81	142	84	113
Carp Pond (historical)	163	3,764	85	140	67	112
Sixteenth Street Reservoir (historical)	161	9,242	52	151	110	143
Anacostia Park Section G	161	571	69	139	66	101
Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac	159	1,852	77	131	71	97
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial	150	1,969	86	109	51	84
Rock Creek Park	147	1,907	43	136	67	114
Captial Grounds	143	2,365	48	133	59	111
Brightwood Reservoir (historical)	143	1,139	65	138	65	97
Georgetown Reservoir	141	1,495	78	107	64	72
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	141	145	39	110	39	106
Sixteenth Street Reservoir (historical) (Forest Hills)	140	1,399	30	132	54	108
National Capital Parks (Penn Branch)	140	574	45	124	62	113
Rock Creek Gardens	139	1,328	45	132	69	102
Rock Creek Park (Chevy Chase)	136	1,502	39	89	56	124
Rock Creek Park (Pinehurst Branch)	136	798	46	125	69	92
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (Gillam Branch (historical))	127	653	63	114	62	58
Pinehurst Branch	127	584	34	117	65	97
Kingman Lake (Mount Hamilton)	124	447	49	109	54	84
Fort Circle Park	124	441	46	110	43	86
U.S. Botanic Garden	123	2,160	61	93	43	86
Wisconsin Avenue Reservoir (historical)	121	1,311	50	111	60	81
Tide Lock Park	117	370	55	67	48	66
George Washington Memorial Parkway	116	1,054	65	61	53	92
First High Reservoir (historical)	116	291	55	104	53	75
Woodley Playground	115	1,196	55	89	54	93
Rock Creek Park (Linnean Hill)	113	1,013	46	100	59	74
National Capital Parks (Varnum)	113	413	36	99	39	60
Anacostia Fitness Center	107	395	72	71	48	52
Ridge Recreation Center	103	141	27	90	35	74
Babcock Lakes (historical)	102	855	52	84	46	50
Goose Island	102	403	45	39	47	78
Sedgwick Garden Architectural Sculpture	99	575	29	93	34	48
Kingman Lake (Hickey Hill)	99	166	58	70	31	63
Tregaron Conservancy	98	463	35	84	35	62
Whitehaven Parkway	97	957	44	93	36	50
National Capital Parks (Adams Morgan)	96	670	31	89	20	44
Fort Bunker Hill Park	96	340	21	94	19	39
Evans Point	96	320	45	80	43	41
McMillan Reservoir	95	790	57	72	19	39
Captial Grounds (Capitol Hill)	95	751	36	78	31	56
Licking Banks	95	186	54	60	30	56
Kingman Lake (southeast)	95	167	48	77	26	43
Perry Lions Sculpture	93	543	35	81	43	56
Taras Shevchenko Statue	92	485	34	86	35	46
Pinehurst Parkway	92	210	9	86	20	33