Birding spots · Alaska

Best Birding Spots in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

Goose Bay leads Matanuska-Susitna Borough's birding spots with 111 species reported, best in spring. 39 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
Goose Bay	111	274	1	90	67	28
Jim Lake	95	438	14	79	72	41
Reflections Lake	93	653	4	66	70	43
Matanuska Lake	76	561	15	56	49	23
Byers Lake	70	128	0	37	55	11
Lucy Lake	68	130	4	42	38	22
Talkeetna River	66	252	4	40	47	7
Talkeetna Lakes	62	160	1	44	54	19
Finger Lake State Recreation Site	49	78	0	37	23	26
Tahneta Lake	44	57	0	34	31	0
Carter Park	42	96	0	22	20	15
Lake Lucille Park	42	91	2	29	17	5
Lake Leila	40	67	0	38	1	0
Butte Lake	38	58	0	12	23	11
Kashwitna Lake	37	54	0	12	31	1
State Patented (northwest)	36	122	0	30	8	0
Delia Creek	34	75	0	21	29	0
Matanuska River Park	33	88	5	19	14	15
Little Clearwater Creek	33	84	0	1	32	0
East Fork Fishhook Creek	29	135	3	9	29	4
Loberg Lake (Spring Creek)	29	54	12	15	7	3
Loberg Lake	26	54	1	21	3	0
Summit Lake	22	81	0	0	20	8
Birding spot near Butte	73	200	6	55	40	28
Birding spot near Knik River	68	327	8	59	47	21
Birding spot near Gateway	65	193	8	45	48	6
Birding spot near Paxson	62	117	0	22	58	12
Birding spot near South Lakes	60	239	7	37	49	15
Birding spot near Paxson (east)	54	106	0	26	52	1
Birding spot near Eureka Roadhouse	52	138	0	48	13	0
Birding spot near Houston	50	165	1	29	49	4
Birding spot near Trapper Creek	43	198	0	28	36	6
Birding spot near Butte (north)	41	89	10	24	25	15
Birding spot near Trapper Creek (north)	37	177	0	18	30	5
Birding spot near Cantwell (southeast)	34	61	0	0	33	0
Birding spot near Trapper Creek (northeast)	34	57	0	11	28	0
Birding spot near Talkeetna	29	82	0	16	27	0
Birding spot near Glacier View	27	64	7	14	19	2
Birding spot near Glacier View (Glacier Creek)	21	50	0	2	19	5