The Binocular Site
Bird Watching Spots
Below you'll find a listing of popular bird watching spots listed by state or province.
We encourage you to contact us if you know of a great birdwatching spot we've missed that you feel should be added here.
Each listing contains a short description of the spot and will list reviews left by other birding folk who have had personal experience there.
We hope you'll leave reviews for any spots you've been to, along with any insider tips or advice, to help make this the most complete list of birding sites online.
Alabama
Dauphin IslandWheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Alaska
Alaskan IslandsDenali National Park
Arizona
Cave Creek CanyonChiricahua Mountains
Madera Canyon
Patagonia
Ramsey Canyon
San Pedro River
Arkansas
Felsenthal National Wildlife RefugeLake Chicot State Park
California
Joshua Tree National ParkMonterey Bay
Newport Bay
Point Reyes
Salton Sea
Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge
Colorado
Colorado National MonumentRocky Mountain National Park
Connecticut
Hammonasset Beach State ParkLighthouse Point Park
Delaware
Bombay Hook National Wildlife RefugeWhite Clay Creek State Park
Florida
Corkscrew Swamp SanctuaryJ. N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge
Dry Tortugas
Everglades National Park
Florida Keys
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
Sanibel Island
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
Georgia
Jekyll IslandKennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Hawaii
Alakai Wilderness PreserveHaleakala National Park
Idaho
Camas National Wildlife RefugeDeer Flat National Wildlife Refuge
Illinois
Chautauqua National Wildlife RefugeHorseshoe Lake Conservation Area
Illinois Beach State Park
Shawnee National Forest
Indiana
Indiana Dunes State ParkJasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area
Iowa
Cone Marsh Wildlife AreaLake Red Rock
Kansas
Cheyenne BottomsCimarron National Grassland
Kentucky
John James Audubon State ParkLand Between the Lakes National Recreation Area
Louisiana
Peveto Woods Bird & Butterfly SanctuarySabine National Wildlife Refuge
Sherburne Wildlife Management Area
Maine
Acadia National ParkBaxter State Park
Maryland
Assateague Island National SeashoreChesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park
Massachusetts
Parker River National Wildlife RefugeMichigan
Whitefish PointMinnesota
Agassiz National Wildlife RefugeMississippi
Gulf Islands National SeashoreMissouri
Squaw Creek National Wildlife RefugeMontana
Medicine Lake National Wildlife RefugeNebraska
Fontenelle Forest Nature CenterNevada
Desert National Wildlife RefugeNew Hampshire
Odiorne Point State ParkNew Jersey
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife RefugeCape May
New Mexico
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife RefugeCibola National Forest
Gila National Forest
Rio Grande Nature Center
Sandia-Manzano Mountains
New York
Central ParkNiagara Falls State Park
North Carolina
Outer BanksPea Island National Wildlife Refuge
North Dakota
Theodore Roosevelt National ParkOhio
Magee Marsh Wildlife AreaOklahoma
Black Mesa Nature PreserveOregon
Crater Lake National ParkPennsylvania
Presque Isle State ParkRhode Island
Block Island National Wildlife RefugeSouth Carolina
Huntington Beach State ParkSouth Dakota
Sand Lake National Wildlife RefugeTennessee
Land Between the Lakes National Recreation AreaTennessee National Wildlife Refuge
Texas
Aransas National Wildlife RefugeBentsen-Rio Grande State Park
Big Bend National Park
Bolivar Flats
Brazos Bend State Park
Falcon Dam / Falcon State Park
High Island
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge
Rockport
Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge
Utah
Antelope Island State ParkBear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Dinosaur National Monument
Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge
Jordanelle State Park
Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
Wasatch-Cache National Forest
Vermont
Dead Creek Wildlife Management AreaVirginia
Chincoteague National Wildlife RefugeWashington
WestportOlympic National Park
West Virginia
Green Bottom Wildlife Management AreaWisconsin
Crex Meadows Wildlife AreaDevil's Lake State Park
Horicon Marsh
Wyoming
Grand Teton National ParkAlberta
Banff National ParkClifford E. Lee Nature Sanctuary
Drumheller
Elk Island National Park
Jasper National Park
Wood Buffalo National Park
British Columbia
George C. Reifel Migratory Bird SanctuaryMount Revelstoke National Park
Manitoba
ChurchillRiding Mountain National Park
Newfoundland
Gros Morne National ParkWitless Bay Ecological Reserve
Ontario
Amherst IslandLeslie Street Spit
Long Point Provincial Park
Niagara Falls
Point Pelee
Prince Edward County
Saskatchewan
Pelican LakePrince Albert National Park
