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Best Birding Spots in DuPage County, Illinois

Lake Law leads DuPage County's birding spots with 231 species reported, best in spring. 105 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
Lake Law	231	2,903	90	203	117	185
Springbrook Prairie	222	4,299	70	203	138	169
McKee Marsh	209	2,542	73	179	135	155
North Salt Creek County Forest Preserve	207	3,304	60	177	114	162
Silver Lake	199	3,211	79	168	103	144
West Branch	197	1,583	78	157	84	144
Lyman Woods	189	3,466	56	180	106	144
Rice Lake	189	1,040	54	170	77	127
Mallard Lake 7	189	998	49	144	109	136
Morton Arboretum (east)	188	3,563	65	168	110	132
Lacey Creek	187	2,216	69	160	88	127
Morton Arboretum	185	3,804	67	165	121	134
Danada Swamp	183	1,307	59	153	90	127
McDowell Grove	175	1,311	46	162	86	121
Pratts Wayne Woods	175	591	36	152	103	108
West Dupage County Forest Preserve	172	3,449	47	166	112	142
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve	172	1,049	41	157	102	125
Silver Lake (east)	169	2,055	55	157	110	123
Fullersburg Woods Nature Center	168	2,367	61	150	81	116
Bensenville Ditch Forest Preserve	168	1,826	50	142	68	113
Waterfall Glen (northwest)	164	402	52	149	76	95
Campbell Slough County Forest Preserve	162	682	38	130	87	100
Waterfall Glen (Canyon Creek Cascade)	161	539	37	154	95	86
Waterfall Glen	159	852	46	151	91	114
Lincoln Marsh Natural Area	154	1,512	43	139	95	113
Armstrong Park	146	1,630	54	123	62	96
Village Green Park	145	765	28	135	59	81
Manville Oaks Park	139	945	46	104	64	98
Salt Creek Park	137	565	31	128	82	95
Churchill Woods	137	549	40	117	60	73
Maple Grove 1	136	1,460	32	133	55	80
West Dupage County Forest Preserve (west)	136	583	31	132	78	67
Morton Arboretum (Meadow Lake)	134	483	37	113	67	77
Winfield Mounds County Forest Preserve	134	294	40	122	57	82
Mayslake	132	556	28	120	58	59
Churchill Park	132	462	26	104	60	87
Wood Dale Grove	129	378	23	104	69	79
Spring Lake (High Lake)	129	358	20	110	57	71
Seager Park	126	518	26	124	42	64
Truitt-Hoff Nature Preserve	125	500	17	105	75	58
Springbrook Nature Center	123	360	22	118	42	50
Wood Ridge 1	122	153	23	114	57	52
Oldfield Oaks County Forest Preserve	118	395	28	98	51	66
Road Vacation - Central Ave. (Part) - Cricket Creek	115	305	20	105	56	54
Cantighy Park	113	332	30	96	61	81
Riverwalk Park	113	267	24	103	53	62
North Salt Creek County Forest Preserve (Spring Brook)	112	342	0	93	66	56
Hawthorne Hill Woods	110	1,315	33	94	49	70
White Pine Pond	109	299	37	84	61	51
Sand Pond (Spring Brook)	108	238	31	91	59	59