Birding spots · Washington

Best Birding Spots in Grant County, Washington

Potholes leads Grant County's birding spots with 202 species reported, best in fall. 62 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
Potholes	202	1,582	67	146	133	166
Gloyd Seeps	149	395	50	131	94	65
Mirror Lake	142	385	40	106	106	80
Devils Punch Bowl	142	349	48	106	66	93
Crescent Bar Recreational Area	141	233	74	94	58	90
Desert	137	562	22	66	100	103
Steamboat Rock	137	547	46	107	93	95
Desert (northwest)	134	251	32	86	103	42
Marsh Unit One	113	263	24	96	64	48
Quincy Lake	108	178	36	92	41	23
Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WADNR) State Resource Management Area (southeast)	106	697	4	92	64	48
Potholes Reservoir	106	108	0	44	59	59
Columbia National Wildlife Refuge	97	111	28	73	51	38
Hampton Lake	96	119	0	82	33	11
Lion's Park	94	300	0	81	47	56
Heron Lake	91	215	14	57	42	45
Dry Falls Lake	89	192	18	69	42	26
Moses Lake State Park	89	168	28	57	38	41
Oasis Park	89	159	14	75	54	23
Calling the Healing Waters Sculpture and Sundial	87	242	6	54	44	57
Steamboat Rock (Northrup Canyon)	86	166	29	50	22	51
Quincy Lakes	85	264	6	67	48	12
Railroad Spring	85	127	0	63	60	47
Desert (west)	84	317	12	76	49	23
Grandview/Patrick Park	83	226	23	70	47	43
Sand Hollow Recreation Area	82	152	38	52	19	26
Desert (Marine View)	81	105	0	27	50	48
Mccosh Park	80	111	27	63	19	36
Widgeon Lake (Hampton Lake)	80	101	23	59	40	40
Columbia National Wildlife Refuge Research Natural Area	79	88	0	54	32	26
Desert (northwest 4)	79	83	30	47	41	40
Quincy Lakes (Potholes Coulee)	77	70	29	59	16	14
Desert (northwest 2)	75	126	0	50	37	18
Montlake Park	75	121	44	43	19	48
Columbia National Wildlife Refuge (southeast)	75	65	2	63	29	3
Lenore Game Range	74	122	23	45	31	30
Desert (northwest 3)	70	95	5	51	27	21
Soda Lake	69	92	12	54	26	16
Brook Lake	62	57	0	39	19	16
Steamboat Rock (Coulee City)	58	97	23	32	23	35
Moran Slough	55	52	28	32	0	12
Desert (Lind Coulee)	54	63	0	47	22	3
Desert (northwest 5)	53	54	0	36	21	9
Billy Clapp Lake	52	50	0	29	41	11
Columbia National Wildlife Refuge (Corfu)	48	51	5	40	2	3
Lower Crab Creek	43	50	27	18	1	1
Hanford Reach National Monument (west)	42	50	16	0	0	30
Birding spot near Schwana	147	233	52	109	90	97
Birding spot near Soap Lake	133	507	27	88	81	97
Birding spot near Ephrata	112	312	70	84	56	50