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Best Birding Spots in Brewster County, Texas

Gambusia Spring leads Brewster County's birding spots with 230 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
Gambusia Spring	230	1,701	104	213	84	114
Big Bend National Park (Rio Grande Village)	211	1,214	101	188	70	135
Post Park	203	1,162	86	163	106	136
Big Bend National Park (Gambusia Spring)	195	1,096	105	177	52	98
Big Bend National Park (Castolon)	188	1,284	60	170	68	82
Marathon	187	942	72	161	64	111
Lajitas	166	322	95	128	28	82
Big Bend National Park	163	1,588	56	146	68	78
Big Bend National Park (west 2)	146	1,206	40	131	59	73
Big Bend National Park (west)	141	1,505	49	126	58	63
Kokernot Municipal Park	137	669	77	105	43	83
Santa Elena Canyon	131	806	65	102	44	57
Big Bend National Park (Vernon Bailey Peak)	126	348	39	108	52	62
Big Bend National Park (west 3)	122	818	44	104	54	49
Big Bend National Park (west 5)	118	562	56	105	56	67
Big Bend National Park (west 4)	113	601	17	102	65	36
Big Bend National Park (Mount Huffman)	113	384	40	90	44	46
Big Bend National Park (Ernst Valley)	113	341	55	93	15	22
Hot Springs	111	289	56	86	14	32
Big Bend National Park (Boot Rock)	104	367	13	90	60	35
Big Bend National Park (Lost Mine Peak)	95	138	32	72	39	52
Big Bend National Park (Panther Junction)	92	721	43	70	38	57
Big Bend National Park (Townsend Point)	89	212	0	76	45	12
Big Bend National Park (west 6)	88	260	18	77	51	24
Big Bend National Park (west 8)	87	121	28	64	46	9
Big Bend National Park (Panther Pass)	83	330	29	55	44	37
Big Bend National Park (west 7)	81	259	34	60	28	36
Big Bend National Park (The Basin)	80	166	25	68	29	20
Blue Creek Canyon	76	197	10	70	20	22
Big Bend National Park (Terlingua Creek)	70	129	38	24	1	49
Elephant Mountain Wildlife Management Area	67	94	16	48	14	3
Big Bend National Park (Boot Springs (historical))	66	151	0	60	24	5
Big Bend National Park (west 9)	60	85	21	20	0	30
Big Bend National Park (Burro Mesa Pouroff)	51	136	20	42	22	11
Barton Warnock Environmental Educational Center	50	147	11	37	20	23
Marathon (northwest)	50	66	9	43	9	3
Big Bend National Park (Trap Mountain)	37	68	10	28	3	13
Big Bend National Park (Avery Canyon)	33	114	3	20	8	6
Big Bend National Park (Grapevine Hills)	33	82	19	22	4	6
Big Bend National Park (Blue Creek Canyon)	20	56	1	10	1	4
Birding spot near Study Butte	183	998	39	162	87	105
Birding spot near Alpine	130	487	46	83	46	86
Birding spot near Alpine (east)	108	417	69	59	41	77
Birding spot near Marathon (southwest)	98	210	33	72	55	37
Birding spot near Study Butte (southwest)	82	156	26	74	5	12
Birding spot near Marathon (southwest 2)	64	96	17	47	19	23
Birding spot near Study Butte (Whitehouse Mountain)	62	105	12	50	23	2
Birding spot near Terlingua	53	171	18	41	17	15
Birding spot near Marathon	52	366	26	33	27	21
Birding spot near Alpine (Clark Springs)	50	61	6	32	16	5