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Best Birding Spots in Hays County, Texas

Spring Lake leads Hays County's birding spots with 209 species reported, best in spring. 38 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
Spring Lake	209	2,353	122	167	97	146
Plum Creek Golf Course	197	999	127	160	86	148
Lake Kyle	151	549	87	118	67	97
Blanco Shoals Natural Area	141	252	80	115	38	80
Scrutchin Lake	137	551	70	99	42	57
Dudley Johnson Park	133	467	69	88	78	83
Schulle Canyon Natural Area	123	394	30	115	14	51
Camp Ben McCulloch	123	212	39	101	55	72
Spring Lake Natural Area	120	274	66	79	43	52
William/Eleanor Crook Park	117	213	55	90	39	56
Bicentennial Park (Purgatory Creek)	116	213	55	90	53	63
John F Baugh Reservoir	115	206	68	48	51	68
JJ Stokes Park	115	157	55	87	39	42
Charro Ranch Park	113	521	57	94	34	63
Historic Stagecoach Park	105	157	55	63	43	43
Soil Conservation Service Site 13 Reservoir	103	132	62	41	18	66
Webster Lake	98	268	59	51	37	71
Weismuller Spring	94	351	43	83	38	38
Purgatory Creek Natural Area	93	178	37	60	27	67
Blue Hole Regional Park	87	207	34	73	42	23
Soil Conservation Service Site Twelve Reservoir	86	69	33	47	33	41
Ringtail Ridge Natural Area	83	143	41	47	37	46
Freeman Ranch	82	100	51	48	38	40
Purgatory Creek Natural Area (southwest)	76	156	42	52	35	24
Jacobs Well Natural Area	73	203	32	51	35	41
Founders Memorial Park	70	82	36	40	36	44
Upper Purgatory Buie	66	90	40	53	18	14
Dripping Springs Sports and Recreation Park	64	74	36	44	32	39
Wimberley Community Center	63	156	17	50	23	19
Cypress Creek Nature Preserve	63	106	16	54	26	27
Purgatory Creek Natural Area (northwest)	60	85	27	30	23	18
Bradfield Village Park	57	60	28	36	15	26
Sewell Park	46	63	24	25	17	0
Birding spot near Dripping Springs	137	430	62	102	63	78
Birding spot near Redwood	130	152	77	107	1	85
Birding spot near Dripping Springs (north)	78	83	36	61	6	32
Birding spot near San Marcos	75	121	37	46	41	42
Birding spot near Kyle	40	72	34	18	3	0