Birding spots · Washington

Best Birding Spots in Spokane County, Washington

James T. Slavin Family Conservation Area leads Spokane County's birding spots with 165 species reported, best in spring. 84 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
James T. Slavin Family Conservation Area	165	649	56	125	119	118
Saltese Flats Wetland Area	162	1,119	60	143	118	85
Dosser Reservoir	162	460	46	122	118	75
Eloika Lake	150	497	33	99	113	93
Winslow Pool	149	729	39	111	128	88
Saltese Flats Wetland Area (west)	148	1,083	42	110	107	104
Philleo Lake	145	269	42	117	91	94
Riverside (southeast)	138	658	60	110	100	61
Liberty Creek	136	449	63	104	85	77
Reeves Lake	135	346	28	94	115	63
Riverside	125	703	71	77	71	75
Bass Point	115	144	12	85	79	34
Granite Lake	113	356	33	70	60	79
Griffith Spring	111	404	55	82	70	30
West Medical Lake	106	245	32	76	71	59
James T. Slavin Family Conservation Area (south)	106	130	33	72	66	57
Columbia Plateau Trail	105	163	45	92	69	39
Feryn Conservation Area	101	271	46	67	51	44
Blackhorse Lake	98	209	14	69	73	39
Saltese Uplands Conservation Area	97	159	27	65	57	31
Wandermere Lake	95	544	47	65	50	58
Willow Lake	91	165	16	48	29	60
Waikiki Springs	89	158	31	61	56	42
Riverfront Park	88	752	50	54	48	50
Loth241	85	205	17	69	65	26
Mount Spokane	84	179	1	24	71	39
West Medical Lake (Lakeland Village)	84	73	0	47	56	32
Nine Mile Falls	81	293	44	34	51	51
Riverside (Griffith Spring)	81	138	19	59	55	24
Holmburg Conservation Area	77	462	32	55	45	49
Medical Lake	77	136	38	48	39	47
Mount Spokane (Smith Gap)	76	162	10	32	61	32
Bear Lake Park	75	133	7	61	31	27
West Blackhorse Lake	75	112	11	60	53	5
Nine Mile Reservoir (Coulee Creek)	75	101	6	46	58	14
Manito Park	73	371	23	51	40	35
Bowl and Pitcher	73	238	13	55	58	29
Upper Falls Reservoir	71	299	41	48	31	40
Indian Canyon Park	71	146	26	50	48	24
Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge	70	87	17	58	17	16
Riverside (Sandy Canyon)	70	63	17	10	52	23
Wentel Grant Park	69	120	21	46	34	37
Kepple Lake	69	100	0	29	53	15
Myrna Park	67	133	13	51	51	15
Nine Mile Reservoir	63	163	34	0	22	28
Loth241 (Tumtum)	62	74	42	45	10	23
Riverside (Little Spokane River)	61	58	28	32	17	11
Upper Falls Reservoir (Havermale Island)	59	187	35	41	24	34
Mount Spokane (southeast)	58	107	7	17	42	24
Antoine Peak Phase 2	58	71	18	38	36	7