Birding spots · Washington

Best Birding Spots in Mason County, Washington

Lynch Cove leads Mason County's birding spots with 179 species reported, best in spring. 45 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
Lynch Cove	179	3,192	113	147	122	135
Belfair	138	639	74	105	70	98
Upper Lynch Cove	137	915	69	109	81	100
Potlatch	122	728	70	91	63	80
Coulter Creek Park	121	711	55	83	77	88
Bayshore Golf Course	113	481	61	88	70	70
Skokomish Valley	109	230	55	92	53	65
Kennedy Creek Natural Area Preserve	108	492	57	75	75	62
Twanoh	101	493	47	69	50	66
Lynch Cove (Mission Creek)	101	268	59	69	44	79
Rendsland Creek	100	166	58	46	44	66
Goose Lake	90	169	10	75	56	27
Union River	90	146	26	38	52	71
Union	85	144	61	59	22	42
Little Skookum Inlet	82	105	39	50	42	29
Lake Isabella	80	140	39	65	52	28
Hoodsport	76	166	47	47	27	45
Dewatto Bay	75	286	47	48	32	32
Purdy Canyon	74	156	24	61	48	35
Old Hatchery Lake	74	90	36	54	34	5
Kennedy Creek	72	134	19	57	52	29
Allyn Waterfront Park	70	202	30	32	27	49
Schafer	70	85	28	55	45	2
Eagle Creek	69	97	36	35	23	43
Rhode Ranch	68	55	10	40	20	35
Wheeler Lake	67	75	21	29	38	40
Jarrell Cove	66	91	21	37	20	29
Lake Cushman	65	103	8	35	43	18
Lilliwaup Bay	61	79	29	21	22	33
Olympic National Park (Elk Creek)	55	151	0	35	50	11
Union (east)	51	50	16	33	16	20
Birding spot near Skokomish	138	1,418	73	118	101	97
Birding spot near Union	109	277	53	67	51	66
Birding spot near Skokomish (southeast)	104	137	43	79	47	63
Birding spot near Skokomish (Hunter Creek)	87	110	3	77	70	8
Birding spot near Brinnon	82	126	43	48	23	52
Birding spot near Belfair	79	208	47	51	4	45
Birding spot near McCleary	78	156	20	70	58	40
Birding spot near Union (east)	73	104	30	40	37	34
Birding spot near Skokomish (Old Hatchery Lake)	67	98	31	57	4	18
Birding spot near Vaughn	62	167	29	35	23	35
Birding spot near Shelton	50	53	6	44	13	4
Birding spot near Allyn	49	71	20	22	11	20
Birding spot near Hoodsport	48	66	19	29	14	14
Birding spot near Skokomish (Mohrweis)	44	98	25	22	7	20