Birding spots · Kansas

Best Birding Spots in Stafford County, Kansas

Quivira National Wildlife Refuge leads Stafford County's birding spots with 206 species reported, best in spring. 15 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
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge	206	1,247	62	167	137	158
Little Salt Marsh	195	922	54	152	117	142
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (southwest)	191	384	46	158	120	129
Big Salt Marsh	184	600	27	154	119	112
Park Smith Lake	171	696	44	145	83	125
Little Salt Marsh (south)	138	248	24	101	63	84
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (northwest)	115	150	15	78	59	33
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (southeast)	111	209	19	86	59	45
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (east)	107	180	4	83	48	45
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (south)	104	153	23	67	30	53
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (northeast)	100	141	7	67	34	48
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (southeast 2)	95	130	8	69	31	41
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (south)	86	103	2	57	28	37
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (southeast 3)	80	105	2	55	31	48
Birding spot near Hudson	144	155	0	103	89	53