Birding spots · Texas

Best Birding Spots in Travis County, Texas

Bob Wentz/ Windy Point leads Travis County's birding spots with 262 species reported, best in spring. 185 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
Bob Wentz/ Windy Point	262	2,788	118	227	126	190
Commons Ford Ranch Metro Park	246	7,192	132	215	125	191
Roy G. Guerrero Colorado River Metro Park	233	3,324	145	211	102	171
Milton Reimers Ranch Park	205	2,298	116	162	95	156
Mills Pond Recreation Area	203	5,806	73	192	69	116
McKinney Falls State Park	195	1,423	107	168	77	122
Roy G. Guerrero Colorado River Metro Park (Country Club Creek)	194	1,168	127	155	76	138
Walter E. Long Metro Park	189	938	119	125	86	128
Barkley Meadows	181	724	108	126	86	129
Lake Pflugerville	174	1,171	117	124	48	135
Roy G. Guerrero Colorado River Metro Park (southeast)	171	685	71	155	50	70
Barton Creek Greenbelt	171	609	58	155	75	107
University of Texas at Austin Brackenridge Field Laboratory	170	948	87	132	71	118
Beverly S. Sheffield Northwest District Park	162	831	70	143	51	67
Pace Bend Park	162	401	101	115	70	91
Emma Long Metro Park	159	582	78	130	61	88
Webberville Park	158	634	85	134	73	106
Lady Bird Lake	149	738	102	112	73	90
West Bouldin Creek Greenbelt	146	1,118	53	126	26	101
Richard Moya Park	145	458	46	126	52	73
Zilker Metro Park	144	818	79	103	66	78
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center	142	1,112	55	120	65	71
Northeast Metropolitan Park	142	199	80	100	52	81
Peace Point at Town Lake Metro Park	140	716	104	92	44	53
St. Edwards Greenbelt	138	693	38	122	56	46
Southwest Greenway	137	687	82	108	41	70
Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge (Post Oak Creek)	134	419	52	122	46	43
Woodlands Park	133	454	68	107	52	69
Muleshoe Bend Recreation Area	133	150	79	89	65	77
Boggy Creek Greenbelt	131	305	48	114	38	62
Nicholas Dawson Neighborhood Park	130	764	21	128	6	34
Onion Creek Metro Park	127	156	55	110	43	31
Mormon Spring	126	328	73	101	42	51
Colorado River Park WIldlife Sanctuary	122	142	75	87	27	44
Yett Creek Neighborhood Park	119	542	62	92	48	69
Mayfield Nature Preserve	119	513	73	80	36	48
Zilker Metro Park (Eliza Spring)	117	253	73	81	55	43
Great Hills Neighborhood Park	116	688	53	103	48	60
Bauerle Ranch Park	116	436	56	96	50	48
Southeast Metropolitan Park	116	219	60	77	61	60
Hamilton Pool Preserve	115	385	52	82	40	59
Walter E. Long Metro Park (Walter E. Long Lake)	114	119	83	37	28	60
Roy G. Guerrero Colorado River Metro Park (Iglehart)	114	105	74	52	41	68
Roy Kizer Golf Course	113	122	48	92	11	34
Austin Memorial Park Cemetery	110	486	52	86	46	55
Pease District Park	109	616	59	80	40	54
Lakeway City Park	107	223	74	72	37	48
T.A.S. Sanctuary	106	624	31	99	42	33
Lake Travis	105	143	42	55	48	63
Lake Park (south)	104	603	73	78	50	52