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Best Birding Spots in Nueces County, Texas

Port Aransas Nature Preserve at Charlie's Pasture leads Nueces County's birding spots with 317 species reported, best in spring. 86 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
Port Aransas Nature Preserve at Charlie's Pasture	317	12,945	192	286	152	264
Hazel Bazemore County Park	287	3,209	169	244	127	233
Packery Channel Nature Preserve Park	271	2,777	127	252	73	167
Han & Pat Suter	251	2,363	146	203	103	182
Port Aransas Nature Preserve at Charlie's Pasture (Salt Island)	247	1,982	139	212	103	164
Hazel Bazemore County Park (west)	239	1,264	105	172	117	204
South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center	236	784	123	207	76	114
Oso Bay Wetlands Preserve	234	1,266	117	181	79	141
Packery Channel Park	224	1,245	64	201	15	93
Blucher Park	205	3,725	56	192	46	141
Knolle	197	303	114	118	71	146
Port Aransas Nature Preserve at Charlie's Pasture (south)	192	922	115	149	83	145
Bishop City Park	185	340	98	146	53	99
Port Aransas Nature Preserve at Charlie's Pasture (northeast)	162	387	93	139	53	83
Oso Bay Wetlands Preserve (Peary Place)	161	461	96	108	57	114
I.B. Magee Jr Beach Park and Horace Caldwell Pier	156	2,611	90	114	53	114
Mustang Island State Park	138	519	71	119	40	73
Lakeview Park	131	289	54	102	29	49
Chapman Ranch	116	286	68	69	27	58
Tule Lake	110	282	48	81	50	54
Packary Channel City Park	109	460	70	78	43	76
Nueces County Park	108	216	43	87	22	32
Oso Creek Park	106	99	52	49	41	59
Mustang Island State Park (Grants Cove)	103	192	71	72	41	56
Mustang Island State Park (Fish Pass)	97	245	67	59	36	51
Packary Channel City Park (southeast)	94	374	60	63	24	41
Sunset Lake (Indian Point)	93	207	79	55	18	44
Redhead Pond Wildlife Management Area	85	117	48	49	25	49
Wilsons Cut	83	124	52	50	41	30
Padre Balli Park and Bob Hall Pier	81	316	39	52	28	36
Turtle Cove	77	543	36	54	30	31
Oso Bay	69	100	51	45	27	21
Sunset Lake (southwest 3)	69	50	57	29	0	0
I.B. Magee Jr Beach Park and Horace Caldwell Pier (Aransas Pass)	68	245	42	40	15	32
Mustang Island State Park (northeast 3)	65	168	28	41	17	30
Lovenskiold Park	65	78	21	30	20	31
Mustang Island State Park (northeast 2)	63	201	30	31	14	41
Labonte Park	63	70	37	31	8	16
Bayfront Parkway	60	283	35	36	13	36
Ward Island	59	53	51	14	0	8
Turtle Cove (east)	56	208	26	32	24	27
West Guth Park	54	87	28	29	22	23
Mustang Island State Park (northeast)	53	423	28	24	12	16
Bayfront Parkway (Spoil Island)	47	167	32	14	0	33
Swantner Park	46	119	35	19	7	8
Turtle Cove (Port Aransas)	46	94	20	28	20	8
Breakwater	41	84	21	23	7	16
Cole Park	40	69	14	18	7	19
Mustang Island State Park (northeast 4)	35	50	14	16	0	13
Birding spot near Robstown	299	2,229	168	250	156	258