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Best Birding Spots in Island County, Washington

Deer Lagoon leads Island County's birding spots with 194 species reported, best in spring. 71 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
Deer Lagoon	194	2,164	125	160	144	151
Fort Casey	171	1,530	97	111	109	126
Iverson Nature Preserve	166	1,035	94	132	93	129
Dugualla Bay	151	1,169	92	109	87	117
Fort Casey (Admiralty Head)	147	664	74	103	105	90
Fort Casey (Keystone Spit)	143	1,168	79	96	83	94
Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail	139	1,049	86	96	77	93
Joseph Whidbey	135	295	41	96	86	72
Cranberry Lake (North Beach)	133	346	75	91	82	83
Barnum Point County Park	124	492	75	93	77	87
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve	123	387	63	83	78	75
Fort Ebey	118	330	50	84	85	57
Cranberry Lake	115	389	66	78	57	72
Camano Island	110	454	68	72	62	72
Cama Beach	110	297	48	77	63	52
Maple Grove Beach	108	436	74	80	51	72
Utsalady Point	107	763	72	76	48	64
Libbey Beach County Park	107	497	66	68	51	73
Double Bluff State Park	101	166	38	67	56	44
Ben Ure Spit	100	241	52	61	49	48
Kennedy Lagoon (Coveland)	100	205	60	69	31	48
Macs Cove	99	261	27	57	66	53
Lone Lake	99	220	52	69	47	56
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve (Dean Manor)	98	266	50	71	47	53
Possession Point	94	135	53	70	33	50
Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail (West Point)	92	119	35	40	57	48
Possession Beach Park	90	99	55	55	50	38
Deception Pass	87	150	40	57	56	38
Fort Casey (Keystone)	86	183	42	49	29	50
Freeland Park	83	273	62	45	31	51
Dave Mackie Park	81	172	35	51	35	61
Elger Bay Trust Land	81	118	21	56	63	34
Useless Bay State Park Property	80	108	32	51	27	41
Utsalady Bay	79	107	52	45	19	32
Kennedy Lagoon	78	242	47	55	20	35
South Whidbey	77	228	33	51	54	34
Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail (southwest)	73	293	28	42	37	41
Freund Marsh	72	73	35	32	29	55
Robert Y. Pratt	72	61	23	32	30	38
Livingston Bay	71	83	27	37	26	43
Fort Ebey (Point Partridge)	69	88	0	26	49	30
Cultus Bay	66	69	15	43	19	35
Marina Way Park	65	133	45	28	12	49
Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail (south)	64	60	28	32	19	40
Windjammer Park	63	110	36	28	20	22
Bush Point	63	68	23	29	12	49
Chase Lake (Honeymoon Lake)	62	69	14	51	40	9
Seawall Park	60	108	22	39	19	19
Robinson park	58	60	33	34	11	29
Kennedy Lagoon (south)	54	70	23	31	6	21