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Best Birding Spots in Bexar County, Texas

Mitchell Lake Wildlife Refuge leads Bexar County's birding spots with 291 species reported, best in spring. 112 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
Mitchell Lake Wildlife Refuge	291	4,534	190	249	183	240
Crescent Bend Nature Park	236	5,262	126	204	109	162
San Antonio Botanical Garden	212	3,487	100	193	83	145
Brackenridge Park	211	2,442	115	178	90	128
Braunig Lake Park	211	1,163	148	131	88	139
Pleasanton Road Trailhead	184	356	125	106	55	110
Hwy 281 Trailhead	183	252	112	104	104	107
Calaveras Lake Park	182	777	130	102	90	123
Leon Creek Greenway North	174	952	72	151	80	117
Medina River	174	691	105	135	72	81
Lucas Creek	165	393	126	85	35	47
Baker Lake	161	367	84	107	70	94
Government Canyon State Natural Area	157	926	60	142	77	71
Southside Lions Park (Lions Park Lake)	157	257	99	110	53	98
Live Oak City Park	155	444	95	115	65	79
Southside Lions Park	155	439	107	107	70	95
Grothaus Lake	153	408	114	102	69	93
Acequia	147	229	92	114	32	65
Tom Slick Park	145	248	54	130	40	59
Stone Oak Park	139	878	81	98	58	87
Eldorado Lake	139	245	71	108	34	62
Brackenridge Park (northeast)	136	556	82	108	48	65
W W McAllister Park	135	393	85	97	52	69
Emile and Albert Friedrich Wilderness Park	134	1,233	35	129	57	37
Woodlawn Lake	128	847	96	96	47	85
Crystal Hills	126	355	61	89	59	91
Brackenridge Park (Olmos Creek)	122	717	82	93	47	54
City Park North	120	324	86	82	48	77
Mission Parkway	120	237	69	93	46	58
Crownridge Canyon	118	563	48	102	58	48
Olmos Basin Park	112	421	55	92	48	54
City Park South	111	324	75	68	48	70
Comanche Lookout	111	235	33	68	40	87
Mud Creek Park	110	188	52	82	39	65
O P Schnabel Park (east)	109	169	51	86	44	71
Olmos Reservoir	107	320	60	78	44	53
Pearsall Park	107	152	69	70	39	59
Concepcion Park	104	217	73	92	21	28
Fox Park	103	291	52	79	46	54
Phil Hardberger Park (southwest)	101	392	53	65	43	54
Gilbert Denman Estate Park	99	334	45	88	38	42
Confluence Park	98	214	65	68	32	50
Rodriguez County Park	98	54	47	69	7	28
Little Sous Creek	97	329	61	52	23	65
Culebra-Helotes Creek Greenway	96	178	58	68	39	55
Phil Hardberger Park	95	481	58	67	36	44
Salado Park	95	150	37	70	28	63
Old Applewhite Trailhead	95	94	63	53	24	20
Robert L B Tobin Park	94	179	45	70	36	25
Scott Lake	93	167	20	79	22	42