Birding spots · Missouri

Best Birding Spots in St. Louis County, Missouri

Columbia Bottom Conservation Area leads St. Louis County's birding spots with 226 species reported, best in spring. 77 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
Columbia Bottom Conservation Area	226	1,227	97	179	107	147
Creve Coeur Lake	206	2,229	101	173	94	156
Jefferson Barracks County Park	187	1,157	79	156	93	134
Queeny Park Ice Rink	157	1,105	66	142	71	101
Castlewood State Park	157	994	59	138	81	101
George Winter County Park	152	504	55	104	75	112
Route 66 State Park	143	501	53	117	71	95
Mississippi Greenway - River des Peres to Jefferson Barracks	138	419	63	104	78	77
Castlewood State Park (Morschels)	134	638	38	123	59	69
Bee Tree County Park	134	562	45	115	59	81
Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge	134	417	5	120	64	21
Kirkwood (Greentree Park Access)	127	635	52	104	71	87
Rockwoods Reservation	126	469	50	113	52	53
Faust County Park	117	373	47	86	64	82
Cliff Cave County Park	117	285	43	97	65	65
Castlewood State Park (Hamilton Creek)	116	224	41	99	61	68
Whitecliff Park	109	369	42	98	58	56
Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park	109	272	33	100	55	61
River's Edge Park	109	226	37	80	53	60
Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center	105	772	42	90	43	50
Tyson Research Center	103	302	31	97	39	40
Lone Elk Reservoir	103	281	38	81	47	44
Forest 44 Conservation Area	103	203	37	89	56	49
Blackburn Park	102	334	36	99	31	45
Wehner Park	102	203	31	85	33	51
Saint Stanislaus Conservation Area	102	140	22	72	46	65
Emmenegger Nature Park	100	200	27	93	43	34
Ruth Park	99	237	34	93	33	51
Davidson (Claire Gempp) Memorial Wildlife Area	92	343	35	78	49	62
Longview Farm Park	90	307	31	64	42	44
Clydesdale Park	87	163	33	75	48	24
Wild Acres Park	87	139	21	78	40	28
Levee Trail	87	136	25	57	57	31
Fort Belle Fontaine County Park	87	64	39	58	29	22
Flynn Park	86	1,529	38	74	32	38
Beckemeier (August G.) Conservation Area	86	114	13	75	24	43
Heman Park	83	211	32	79	37	30
Sunset Park	81	71	24	38	41	60
West Tyson County Park	79	66	11	54	27	24
St Louis County (Bee Tree Park Lake)	78	84	24	68	19	21
Laumeier County Park	75	161	27	61	28	31
Oak Knoll Park	74	199	23	60	30	39
Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge (Johnson Island)	74	66	23	45	36	20
Central Park	71	134	32	55	34	37
St Louis County (Spanish Lake)	71	51	31	43	20	7
Grand Glaize Creek	70	146	33	42	28	39
Love County Park	70	111	24	59	12	30
Mcdonnell Memorial County Park	70	104	16	37	33	62
Mini Ha Ha Park	70	76	19	60	48	37
Queeny Park Ice Rink (northwest)	67	58	22	48	22	15