Birding spots · Oklahoma

Best Birding Spots in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Lake Hefner leads Oklahoma County's birding spots with 228 species reported, best in spring. 53 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
Lake Hefner	228	2,749	108	188	116	167
Lake Hefner (northeast)	213	807	108	170	95	138
Tinker Creek	202	463	103	166	94	116
Stars & Stripes Park	194	1,039	85	144	79	133
Crystal Lake Park Park	182	451	88	145	84	125
Edmond Park	180	792	70	147	82	109
Stinchcomb Wildlife Refuge	175	377	84	142	77	113
Lake Overholser	173	413	81	130	82	98
Spring Creek Park	165	749	69	131	73	89
Lake Hefner (Lansbrook Lake)	165	743	68	101	89	121
Lake Hefner (southeast 2)	156	432	69	116	63	94
Martin Park Nature Center	152	1,168	80	132	72	98
Arcadia Conservation Education Area	147	306	62	118	61	47
Bluff Creek Park(West)	141	692	70	107	66	85
Lincoln Park	138	818	80	118	65	99
Lake Hefner (southeast)	138	612	73	85	64	78
Stinchcomb Wildlife Refuge (northeast)	136	277	70	99	61	71
Lake Overholser East	135	148	50	70	75	90
Myriad Gardens	128	911	36	115	47	83
Mitch Park	117	410	62	96	59	74
Lake Hefner (southeast 3)	113	138	49	90	37	60
Oknoname 4 Reservoir	113	118	21	92	42	32
Joe B. Barnes Regional Park	107	186	34	103	50	46
Lake Hefner (Ski Island Lake)	105	428	69	84	34	57
Dolese Youth Park	105	176	52	77	48	35
River Tract 13 (2)	95	65	46	59	27	34
Lake Hefner (NW Oklahoma City Sludge Lagoon)	94	295	21	48	59	63
Lake Hefner (north)	90	276	58	54	9	52
River Tract 13	88	197	56	49	43	34
Lake Arcadia	88	51	48	22	17	51
Ray Trent Park	84	99	16	75	19	8
Ten Acres Park	84	59	25	38	8	51
Oklahoma City Zoo	82	165	46	60	38	35
Lake Hefner (northeast 2)	78	159	37	36	18	35
Bickham-Rudkin Park	78	115	47	60	41	24
River Tract 3	69	84	38	52	14	11
Lake Hefner (east 2)	68	78	41	48	24	13
Lake Hefner (east)	66	90	28	31	26	20
Mitch Park (Belmont Farms)	65	80	36	37	29	33
Will Rogers Park (West)	62	93	26	40	27	18
CLO Lands (south)	55	105	20	47	6	20
Regatta Park	55	61	24	41	35	9
Lake Hefner (east 3)	54	68	36	16	18	25
E.C. Hafer Park	48	96	21	31	33	28
Core To Shore Upper Park	41	68	6	22	23	22
Lake Hefner (northeast 3)	35	56	17	16	8	11
Birding spot near Edmond (west)	148	163	62	123	68	92
Birding spot near Woodlawn Park (southeast)	140	178	46	115	61	83
Birding spot near Edmond	120	305	64	89	29	40
Birding spot near Spencer	95	153	14	84	18	2