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Best Birding Spots in San Juan County, Washington

Zyistra Lake leads San Juan County's birding spots with 149 species reported, best in fall. 78 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
Zyistra Lake	149	881	76	115	111	119
Old Town Lagoon	148	890	70	103	87	100
False Bay	145	1,097	62	109	100	99
Old Town Lagoon (Fourth of July Beach)	136	593	50	95	101	82
Cattle Point Natural Resources Conservation Area	132	849	69	83	84	81
Jakles Lagoon	129	783	55	68	70	91
Spencer Spit	125	273	36	72	85	72
Cattle Point	124	391	62	76	67	93
Third Lagoon	122	269	36	85	92	65
Sportsmans Lake	117	609	51	103	85	81
Jackson Beach Park	116	832	60	57	74	76
Garrison Bay	113	614	46	92	71	55
San Juan Park	111	450	58	88	68	72
Lime Kiln Point	108	470	46	68	72	58
Lopez Island	108	156	48	62	74	70
Friday Harbor	105	665	40	75	76	57
Grandmas Cove	103	333	35	83	69	56
Iceberg Point	103	133	51	52	72	63
Deer Harbor	102	110	26	76	55	27
Cattle Point Natural Resources Conservation Area (Fish Creek)	101	233	49	70	65	54
Old Town Lagoon (Jakles Lagoon)	101	186	17	47	82	28
San Juan Islands National Monument (Terrill Beach)	97	131	2	68	63	57
Deadman Island	96	166	39	51	53	74
San Juan Islands National Monument (Roche Harbor)	94	170	31	65	62	51
San Juan Islands National Monument	93	2,639	49	80	71	58
Yellow Island	90	757	42	72	56	48
Fishing Bay	90	184	30	73	54	35
Roche Harbor	89	235	50	60	48	30
Friday Harbor (Brown Island)	87	483	39	49	49	46
Jakles Lagoon (Mount Finlayson)	87	161	32	51	48	34
Careen Creek	86	115	26	46	47	41
Sucia Island	85	151	0	49	64	45
Roche Harbor Lake	84	131	37	60	62	35
Jackson Beach Park (Argyle Lagoon)	83	508	42	46	47	46
Pcon3	83	304	45	63	12	29
Sportsmans Lake (Egg Lake)	81	286	44	67	49	49
San Juan Islands National Monument (Davison Head)	81	264	42	55	51	43
Hummel Lake	81	107	31	39	54	42
Egg Lake	80	305	33	61	61	32
Crescent Beach	80	134	12	47	43	33
San Juan Islands National Monument (Rock Point)	79	106	41	14	50	48
West Side Scenic Corridor	78	141	36	36	45	44
Swifts Bay	78	75	18	31	65	28
Terrill Beach	78	73	32	50	32	35
Buck Bay	77	133	31	35	49	42
Obstruction Pass State Park	77	127	28	41	50	32
Garrison Bay (Young Hill)	76	156	24	64	52	30
Pcon3 (Orcas Knob)	76	140	18	55	58	25
San Juan Islands National Monument (Fritz Point)	75	106	11	46	59	27
Kansas Cove	75	93	49	44	18	41