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Best Birding Spots in Scott County, Iowa

Credit Isand Park leads Scott County's birding spots with 166 species reported, best in spring. 16 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
Credit Isand Park	166	777	61	120	87	112
Nahant Marsh	161	838	45	130	84	107
Princeton Wildlife Management Area	157	127	27	130	77	52
Scott County Park	146	553	33	123	96	110
Mississippi River	145	606	75	86	72	106
West Lake Park	128	175	22	76	58	103
Princeton Wildlife Management Area (Grant Slough)	110	80	16	90	54	12
Sunderbruch Park	94	95	9	67	38	54
Sheridan Meadows Park	76	237	14	52	35	38
Carp Lake	69	98	39	27	13	14
Lost Grove Lake Wildlife Management Area	57	59	10	19	36	22
Mississippi River (northeast)	52	88	32	15	23	7
Lindsey Park	51	129	37	20	0	16
Riverfront Parkway	42	270	20	22	21	15
Sycamore Creek	38	63	34	0	3	0
Birding spot near Davenport	106	215	41	93	25	61