Birding spots · Nevada

Best Birding Spots in Clark County, Nevada

Bird Viewing Preserve leads Clark County's birding spots with 276 species reported, best in fall. 98 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
Bird Viewing Preserve	276	9,268	171	222	192	244
Corn Creek Springs	259	6,865	114	221	164	213
Cottonwood Lake	254	4,195	134	210	128	224
Robert B. Griffith Water Project	241	2,177	136	204	152	172
Pitch Fork Cove	228	1,958	137	160	133	201
Sunset Park Recreation Center	208	1,997	120	173	87	152
Spring Mountain Ranch State Park	191	1,539	103	163	109	147
Swamp Spring	178	383	103	137	66	111
Cornerstone Park	160	1,000	95	118	80	131
Swim Beach	153	1,198	109	78	63	116
Robert B. Griffith Water Project (east)	150	433	109	103	61	91
Bowman Reservoir	139	313	74	108	65	84
Warm Springs	129	281	57	107	48	69
Veterans Park	118	464	74	80	21	60
Silver Springs Pool	116	275	69	79	39	47
Craig Ranch Golf Course/Regional Park	114	361	55	90	30	77
Spring Mountains National Recreation Area	113	748	16	66	95	82
Hemenway Harbor	110	687	68	51	41	73
Fletcher Canyon	102	447	20	78	87	41
Desert National Wildlife Range	101	687	38	76	21	35
Upper Government Wash Cove	99	129	75	36	38	37
Red Spring	98	391	39	79	27	42
Willow Spring	92	388	32	76	39	36
Wheeler Camp Spring	90	180	22	77	22	29
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area	89	264	46	54	27	50
Bullhead Canyon	89	141	57	52	19	35
Vegas Spring	87	281	41	51	20	53
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	87	222	45	36	13	55
Big Bend of the Colorado State Park	86	111	60	67	8	40
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area (Red Spring)	85	239	40	66	27	23
University of Nevada - Las Vegas	84	1,154	34	55	31	64
Indian Springs	84	73	0	39	22	69
Lake Mead National Recreation Area (Laughlin)	75	113	55	43	16	29
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area (Lost Creek Canyon)	74	164	23	66	21	15
Pueblo Park	70	162	35	56	16	31
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area (east)	69	240	30	48	21	30
Lake Mead National Recreation Area (northwest)	69	88	28	55	1	9
Searchlight Town Park	68	143	20	64	13	7
Cottonwood Spring	68	83	26	27	10	41
Lake Mead National Recreation Area (Shallow Rapids)	68	63	51	25	18	25
Mazie Canyon	66	129	15	34	47	22
Cottonwood Cove	66	66	53	22	0	33
Spring Mountains National Recreation Area (Trail Canyon)	64	132	4	30	57	20
Pyramid Island	64	64	27	21	8	30
Nature Discovery Park	61	108	31	43	17	34
Spring Mountains National Recreation Area (Fletcher Canyon)	60	79	11	24	32	17
Lorenzi Park	58	91	43	27	12	34
Elementary Park	56	63	36	30	11	14
Spring Mountains National Recreation Area (Rainbow Canyon)	55	89	4	29	52	17
Spring Mountains National Recreation Area (northwest)	55	64	0	18	43	9