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Best Birding Spots in Clatsop County, Oregon

Fort Stevens State Park leads Clatsop County's birding spots with 179 species reported, best in spring. 73 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
Fort Stevens State Park	179	1,818	70	129	123	128
Knowland Slough	174	1,303	114	132	62	120
Fort Stevens State Park (Clatsop Spit)	164	1,127	50	90	99	120
Seltzer Park	162	2,444	89	109	99	117
Sunset Beach State Recreation Site	154	507	80	101	100	108
Fort Stevens State Park (Jetty Sands)	147	290	58	80	90	93
Fort Stevens State Park (Social Security Beach)	146	367	52	66	82	112
Neacoxie Creek	142	443	72	94	80	93
Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge	138	3,521	45	106	94	61
Tansy Point	133	206	67	80	77	78
Svensen Island	132	476	89	99	62	84
Hammond Boat Basin	131	507	71	69	55	80
Swash Lake (Fort Stevens)	126	270	71	91	63	76
Brownsmead	126	240	98	75	41	58
Astoria Reservoir Number Two	122	548	82	90	60	79
Coffenbury Lake	120	461	60	68	65	73
Neacoxie Creek (Neawanna Creek)	119	235	50	73	57	84
Jockey Cap	117	614	40	79	57	84
Chapman Beach	117	258	17	75	57	74
Ecola State Park	113	683	32	81	89	59
Les Shirley Park	113	374	49	70	60	65
Stanley Lake	109	367	61	61	62	69
SPC Stewardship (Jeffers Garden)	106	184	50	76	42	51
Stanley Lake (Necanicum River)	102	209	70	53	36	69
Swash Lake	101	329	49	74	61	48
Del Ray Beach State Recreation Site	101	299	31	51	56	43
Millponds Park	99	205	52	76	57	67
Gearheart Ocean State Park	97	156	53	44	49	43
Mott Basin	92	122	55	68	12	44
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park (Green Slough)	89	148	37	70	49	33
Jetty Lagoon	85	146	13	36	52	29
Fort Stevens State Park (Coffenbury Lake)	84	245	13	34	56	39
Forest Development Fund (Board of Forestry)	82	197	26	66	48	29
Potato Lake	79	193	20	55	47	31
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park	78	155	23	54	49	29
Stanley Lake (Mill Creek)	77	99	10	37	53	39
North Fork Nehalem County Park	76	483	31	70	53	33
Circle Creek	75	101	5	39	54	47
Carruthers Memorial Park	73	81	38	18	31	32
Ecola State Park (Indian Beach)	72	221	13	33	58	35
Tolovana Beach State Recreation Site	71	198	21	46	32	29
Goodman Park	71	83	48	23	24	21
Astoria Column Park	70	147	8	53	37	45
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park (2)	70	94	10	33	43	22
Jewell Meadows Wildlife Area	69	114	17	39	48	20
Smith Point	68	106	25	32	28	49
Fort Stevens State Park (Jetty Lagoon)	66	95	0	30	45	15
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park (Johnson Slough)	65	65	19	51	29	18
Cannon Beach	63	340	24	44	41	24
Mantel Lake	62	120	30	37	33	19