Birding spots · Indiana

Best Birding Spots in St. Joseph County, Indiana

Worster Lake leads St. Joseph County's birding spots with 198 species reported, best in spring. 43 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
Worster Lake	198	902	71	176	96	133
Saint Marys Lake	156	1,410	59	143	64	105
Saint Josephs Lake	153	1,064	78	129	58	67
Worster Lake (east)	151	262	34	145	69	54
Bendix Park	146	708	64	113	58	74
Place Trail Marsh County Park	140	140	19	115	75	42
St. Patrick's County Park	137	656	48	119	82	92
Saint Josephs Lake (Saint Marys Lake)	136	601	48	117	54	83
Pinhook Lake	124	124	23	112	54	86
Rum Village Park	123	308	29	117	43	58
Saint Marys Lake (Saint Josephs Lake)	116	331	26	87	62	93
Spicer Lake Nature Preserve	114	260	28	94	73	70
Beverly D Crone Restoration Area	112	454	8	84	79	54
Potato Creek State Park (Worster Lake)	104	58	3	94	44	5
Ferrettie/Baugo Creek (Osceola)	103	64	10	99	7	23
Baugo Bay	100	345	55	85	42	39
Bendix Woods Park	96	139	9	95	16	21
Worster Lake (southeast)	94	85	13	83	32	17
Potato Creek State Park	93	133	24	78	41	36
Kamm Island	88	162	39	71	37	33
Ebel Golf Course	82	101	29	73	0	10
Worster Lake (northeast)	77	161	34	57	20	25
Northside Blvd Riverwalk	75	162	41	53	13	21
Chamberlain Lake Nature Preserve	75	60	17	54	12	29
Robert C Buetter Riverfront Park	72	84	36	49	33	8
Laing Park (south)	72	54	18	53	27	18
Pinhook Park	67	136	36	43	27	16
Worster Lake (Vargo Hill)	66	59	24	40	24	16
Ferrettie/Baugo Creek	61	77	20	41	31	26
Miami "Monkey" Island	58	93	34	29	31	6
Laing Park	57	126	40	32	18	12
South Bend Riverwalk (Saint Marys Lake)	57	100	42	20	0	16
Keller Park	57	74	20	32	33	30
Merrifield Park	55	125	31	31	32	17
Rum Village Park (west)	55	75	15	50	3	8
South Bend Riverwalk	54	107	43	14	12	20
St. Joseph River (Howard) Park	40	50	14	19	22	5
Potawatomi Park	32	72	16	29	19	11
Birding spot near Chain-O-Lakes	138	367	36	127	48	73
Birding spot near Mishawaka	120	323	31	108	62	77
Birding spot near Fish Lake	118	383	17	107	72	33
Birding spot near Mishawaka (north)	75	105	28	56	9	36
Birding spot near Wyatt	41	138	19	22	0	23