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Best Birding Spots in Cameron County, Texas

Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (north 2) leads Cameron County's birding spots with 270 species reported, best in spring. 110 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
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (north 2)	270	1,262	175	214	83	193
Resaca de la Palma State Park	259	5,544	188	206	100	206
Palm Grove	258	2,601	161	217	96	183
Fort Brown Resaca	249	4,001	182	200	80	186
Trail Park	249	2,801	144	202	68	173
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (north)	244	2,305	152	197	58	147
Ramsey Park	243	4,937	150	201	87	202
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (north 3)	203	956	124	149	47	149
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (Buena Vista)	192	622	121	149	57	122
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area	181	409	74	127	75	148
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park	180	1,267	103	136	82	89
Tiocano Lake Bed	179	731	111	136	105	123
City of Port Isabel Reservoir	178	639	102	135	90	137
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (north 4)	177	618	107	125	55	101
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (northwest)	169	349	128	113	58	97
Joe & Tony Oliveira Park	167	3,049	118	119	65	103
La Feria Nature Center	163	546	130	100	72	104
City of Harlingen Reservoir	156	810	106	98	65	110
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (Adams Winter Garden Reservoir)	155	244	85	105	24	103
Agua Negra	152	457	99	104	8	108
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge	146	2,794	89	108	30	93
Lennox Foundation Southmost Preserve	146	114	78	55	31	125
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area (Rangerville Estates Colonia)	145	208	91	105	58	67
Isla Blanca Park	144	407	76	74	16	68
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (west 2)	144	402	40	123	72	51
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (north 7)	144	138	100	85	22	74
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge	143	2,059	101	108	54	103
Salt Pond	143	428	90	107	68	90
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (north 5)	139	213	95	94	30	65
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (northwest)	130	63	73	18	3	106
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (Posta de Roque)	129	105	85	87	30	50
Town Resaca	128	574	76	73	0	95
Russelltown	128	330	72	88	21	82
Verdolaga Lake	124	130	66	82	40	62
Adolph Thomae Jr. County Park	122	200	72	99	46	53
Town Resaca (west)	117	385	91	76	47	70
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (Brownsville Ship Channel)	115	431	92	75	25	57
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (Hormigas Lake)	114	99	68	73	7	45
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (Palmito Hill)	113	124	67	61	28	75
Cain Reservoir 2	106	105	76	64	20	39
Harlingen Soccer Complex	105	463	60	64	36	66
San Vicente Estates Colonia	105	216	68	65	53	47
Resaca de la Palma State Park (2)	103	135	56	59	44	54
Montgomery Reservoir	102	88	59	53	18	47
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park (Resaca de la Palma)	102	71	33	25	26	80
Lake Harlingen	100	382	71	51	25	75
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area (Yznaga)	99	127	45	65	39	27
Brownsville Sports Park	95	239	57	55	37	70
El Tular	91	124	72	34	0	44
Lincoln Park	90	159	52	53	0	35