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Best Birding Spots in Kittitas County, Washington

Middle Canyon leads Kittitas County's birding spots with 166 species reported, best in spring. 64 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
Middle Canyon	166	943	56	136	115	100
Ginkgo Petrified Forest (south)	148	546	47	96	73	105
Yakima River Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern	141	809	39	123	89	57
Grant Co PUD#2	133	711	47	109	63	65
Irene Rinehart Riverfront Park	126	691	50	96	73	62
L.T. Murray Wildlife Area Complex	120	268	0	99	94	40
Bullfrog Pond	117	784	3	105	102	30
Ginkgo Petrified Forest	117	659	36	83	57	57
Yakima River Segment 1	107	230	52	69	62	43
Helen McCabe	105	327	52	72	46	51
Tjossem Pond	104	557	55	79	37	81
L.T. Murray Wildlife Area Complex (southeast)	94	156	8	72	52	23
Teanaway River	93	259	7	82	55	11
Lake Easton	85	184	12	52	47	41
Yakima River Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Burbank Creek)	84	169	16	67	47	20
Lion Gulch	82	147	1	54	73	0
Middle Fork Teanaway River	82	93	1	72	43	23
Yakima River Segment 1 (Roza)	79	160	4	56	46	32
Coal Mines Trail Park	77	85	13	56	49	10
Swamp Lake	74	214	1	64	54	11
Mardee Lake	74	161	8	28	63	25
Carlson Canyon	73	72	0	60	56	6
Schnebly Coulee	68	173	29	47	25	31
Swauk Prairie	59	155	6	44	44	5
Blewett Pass	57	114	2	30	42	25
Ginkgo Petrified Forest (west)	56	204	1	47	14	9
Snoqualmie Pass Utility Dist	54	152	2	38	39	13
Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WADNR) State Resource Management Area (south 8)	54	63	0	46	30	9
Rotary Park	53	83	21	41	16	20
Naneum Creek	53	70	21	21	0	36
Beaver Lake (Snoqualmie Pass)	50	126	3	34	34	0
Wenatchee National Forest (Hurley Creek)	46	50	0	35	36	0
Whiskey Dick	45	375	4	39	21	0
L.T. Murray Wildlife Area Complex (Teanaway)	43	61	1	24	28	0
South Cle Elum	43	57	19	31	12	0
Olmstead Place	42	56	5	30	22	6
Ginkgo Petrified Forest (Rocky Coulee)	40	86	2	21	25	0
Grant Co PUD#2 (Middle Canyon)	40	59	20	18	2	9
Yakima River Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern (north)	38	55	0	24	9	7
Birding spot near Cle Elum	141	1,412	44	129	102	65
Birding spot near Ellensburg	92	304	0	72	58	8
Birding spot near Thorp	87	344	14	70	63	37
Birding spot near Selah	87	183	20	71	53	29
Birding spot near Ronald	82	138	13	40	67	26
Birding spot near Ellensburg (Shushuskin Canyon)	79	111	0	64	54	1
Birding spot near Kittitas	76	89	0	58	51	0
Birding spot near South Cle Elum	71	111	2	54	46	7
Birding spot near Ellensburg (Holmes)	71	110	41	43	24	20
Birding spot near South Cle Elum (southeast)	71	63	6	60	40	0
Birding spot near Ellensburg (east)	67	183	0	54	33	0