Birding spots · Washington

Best Birding Spots in Cowlitz County, Washington

Martin's Bar leads Cowlitz County's birding spots with 139 species reported, best in spring. 37 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
Martin's Bar	139	440	84	99	65	95
Canal Road	134	700	80	111	87	101
Loth198	134	283	75	104	55	77
Nelson	133	856	69	105	72	87
Nelson (Kalama River)	124	660	71	73	59	89
Coal Creek	105	376	56	63	60	77
Clark Creek	105	211	57	81	50	50
Loth198 (Saint Helens Range)	101	119	59	52	26	72
Seaquest	98	301	43	67	58	55
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument (South Coldwater Creek)	97	205	8	58	77	40
Kress Lake	95	206	45	74	60	62
Lake Sacajawea	90	260	58	67	40	44
Seaquest (Pete Moore Island)	89	198	33	46	62	34
Wallace Slough	88	80	31	56	37	52
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument	84	318	21	61	61	44
Martin's Bar (2)	81	96	40	32	22	58
Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WADNR) State Resource Management Area (Hill Creek)	74	111	22	59	50	18
Gardner	65	89	7	40	43	31
Horseshoe Lake (southeast)	65	69	42	43	0	21
Tom Oshanter Park	58	74	27	41	27	11
Seaquest (Silver Lake)	56	114	14	36	37	19
Louis Rasmussen Day Park	52	198	27	32	24	25
Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WADNR) State Resource Management Area (southwest 5)	25	62	8	14	10	6
Birding spot near Prescott	134	489	67	114	85	86
Birding spot near Woodland (northeast)	132	460	77	104	73	82
Birding spot near Columbia City	131	180	83	84	50	61
Birding spot near Kalama	117	526	52	88	82	74
Birding spot near Woodland (Burke Island)	117	233	57	81	48	76
Birding spot near Longview (Ditch Number Five)	111	128	61	87	53	54
Birding spot near Woodland	109	669	83	79	31	52
Birding spot near Vader	107	205	44	95	48	30
Birding spot near Longview	98	384	44	75	47	49
Birding spot near Longview (Fisher Island Slough)	83	81	54	55	36	15
Birding spot near Mossyrock (Pullen Creek)	73	76	0	47	54	18
Birding spot near Kelso	71	102	45	45	19	32
Birding spot near Cougar	66	68	29	22	13	39
Birding spot near Mossyrock	35	100	2	13	31	11