Birding spots · Washington

Best Birding Spots in Whatcom County, Washington

Whatcom County Parks & Recreation leads Whatcom County's birding spots with 194 species reported, best in fall. 121 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
Whatcom County Parks & Recreation	194	2,753	117	144	125	161
Sandy Point	176	1,685	117	125	106	141
Lighthouse Marine Park	165	1,449	104	128	100	134
Birch Bay	152	975	93	114	86	89
Chuckanut Bay Tidelands	147	426	82	109	72	77
Lake Terrell	141	704	75	117	77	87
Point Whitehorn Marine Reserve	140	628	64	116	90	97
Tennant Lake	134	877	56	116	94	75
Cottonwood Beach	133	473	66	64	70	104
Wildcat Cove	117	561	73	80	67	70
Tongue Point	116	574	78	77	51	77
Semiahmoo	115	451	75	71	51	82
Lily Point Marine Reserve	115	260	54	86	69	71
Dutch Harbor	112	485	56	80	53	75
Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail (Ennis Creek)	107	519	39	87	87	58
Padden Lagoon	105	622	69	61	45	53
Reflector Bar	105	249	15	88	58	22
Whatcom Falls Park	102	764	63	78	65	64
Newhalem	102	402	4	96	73	35
Fir Creek	100	296	47	83	64	64
Lake Padden Park	97	608	58	74	50	55
Starr Rock	96	553	74	71	39	54
Marine Park (Port)	96	413	73	57	32	59
Deming Homestead Eagle Park	96	315	21	75	84	28
Connelly Creek Nature Area	96	271	34	77	58	74
Interurban Greenway & Trail	94	361	41	86	52	47
I and J Street Waterway	92	167	48	58	46	66
Lake Fazon	90	98	32	67	60	25
Sehome Hill Park	89	560	35	76	51	55
Tennant Lake (west)	88	151	32	62	55	39
Thunder Arm	86	236	8	65	59	33
Squalicum Waterway	86	213	57	55	34	47
Post Point Plant Lagoon	83	260	51	62	35	36
Silver Lake Park	83	139	15	55	70	34
South Fork County Park	78	117	11	63	52	16
Fir Creek (Brannian Creek)	78	89	17	65	52	42
Toad Lake	77	270	32	68	48	34
Interurban Greenway & Trail (Chuckanut Village)	77	259	35	70	48	31
Diablo Lake	77	165	12	58	41	15
Nooksack Salmon Hatchery	77	86	27	55	39	31
Schell Creek	76	178	55	40	1	35
Drayton Harbor	75	86	35	42	30	17
Sunrise Lake	73	298	3	34	62	48
Ross Lake National Recreation Area	72	223	0	43	63	15
Lake Louise Natural Resources Conservation Area	71	274	37	52	49	27
Wiser Lake	71	168	51	37	0	54
Woodstock Farm	71	85	36	42	40	30
Sunset Pond	70	110	37	52	29	25
Fenton Nature Reserve	70	91	15	61	50	29
Cordata Community Park	70	88	12	60	24	23