Birding spots · Washington

Best Birding Spots in Douglas County, Washington

Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail & Park leads Douglas County's birding spots with 125 species reported, best in fall. 30 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
Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail & Park	125	291	62	76	63	87
Bridgeport Bar (northwest)	114	81	63	39	69	51
Bridgeport Bar	99	108	61	58	52	24
Daroga	98	170	51	66	45	59
Lincoln Rock	95	234	61	54	35	41
Atkins Lake	92	240	24	56	60	26
Waterville Sewage Disposal Pond	87	84	0	37	63	59
Burton Draw	83	71	20	67	30	26
Mansfield	73	152	26	40	45	27
Slack Canyon	72	55	0	53	39	16
Mccartney Creek	61	91	15	50	17	9
Mccartney Creek (Camel Spring)	56	52	6	52	7	3
Central Ferry Canyon	51	55	8	30	30	11
Kirby Billingsley Hydro Park	49	58	33	30	9	12
Putters Lake	48	77	41	28	0	18
Beebe Bridge Park	47	61	7	20	24	14
Perk Lake	41	56	11	17	16	18
West Foster Creek	36	66	26	16	1	7
Moses Coulee	29	57	1	23	11	7
Sharyer Spring	27	50	22	7	0	0
Withrow	23	65	18	13	0	0
Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WADNR) State Resource Management Area (southeast 3)	21	61	11	11	6	0
Birding spot near Mansfield	101	160	3	77	66	44
Birding spot near Mansfield (east)	84	109	7	51	62	10
Birding spot near Brewster (Lake Pateros)	82	99	45	14	30	44
Birding spot near Wenatchee (Birch Flat)	78	64	47	56	14	45
Birding spot near Banks Lake South	75	98	8	58	54	0
Birding spot near Bridgeport (Foster Creek)	62	63	22	34	20	23
Birding spot near Sunnyslope (Tenas George Canyon)	42	67	37	16	0	9
Birding spot near Chelan Falls	36	97	19	21	0	9