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Best Birding Spots in Douglas County, Kansas

Baker University Wetlands leads Douglas County's birding spots with 239 species reported, best in spring. 45 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
Baker University Wetlands	239	1,611	86	228	128	152
Baker University Wetlands (south)	233	1,405	75	217	114	136
Clinton Lake	207	1,461	73	161	128	153
Burcham Park	174	1,300	63	168	73	113
Clinton Recreation Area (west)	168	1,427	88	121	62	75
Clinton Recreation Area	164	1,569	89	115	36	111
Kansas Ecological Reserves	154	563	39	147	41	79
Douglas State Fishing Lake	153	298	44	139	44	41
Clinton Recreation Area (west 2)	152	388	73	115	71	69
Clinton Wildlife Area	138	116	5	109	60	34
Clinton Recreation Area (west 3)	137	268	31	90	81	76
Clinton Recreation Area (southeast)	136	714	44	60	34	118
Clinton Recreation Area (northwest)	136	404	46	98	74	82
Lone Star Lake	135	253	61	109	43	55
Clinton Recreation Area (Coon Creek)	119	348	70	59	33	57
Clinton Lake (Rock Creek)	114	114	51	68	48	40
Rice Woodland	104	132	0	101	18	29
Clinton Recreation Area (Rock Creek)	102	132	31	79	38	41
Riverfront Park	101	92	27	63	59	34
McColl Nature Reserve	97	118	30	82	37	24
Potter Lake	93	599	31	76	48	52
Mutt Run	89	150	23	53	50	35
Baker University Wetlands (Broken Arrow Park)	88	195	19	65	33	45
Naismith Valley Park	83	101	13	78	27	28
Clinton Wildlife Area (east)	83	70	9	41	36	30
Prairie Park	80	102	26	58	34	25
Breidenthal Biological Reserve	76	55	0	72	0	10
Lawrence Nature Park	72	82	27	63	20	15
Clinton Recreation Area (west 4)	66	69	12	36	35	30
Rotary Arboretum	65	66	22	44	44	12
Sandra J. Shaw Community Health Park	63	81	22	51	32	19
Birding spot near Lawrence	229	2,561	82	206	121	143
Birding spot near Lawrence (west)	224	2,128	74	207	124	141
Birding spot near Lawrence (southeast)	160	601	50	151	50	29
Birding spot near Centropolis	130	269	20	117	69	24
Birding spot near Overbrook	111	228	50	80	44	36
Birding spot near Lawrence (northwest)	107	329	43	86	57	59
Birding spot near Lawrence (north)	101	239	36	74	27	22
Birding spot near Lawrence (Bismark Grove)	97	311	67	64	0	41
Birding spot near Lawrence (northwest)	95	220	40	58	35	73
Birding spot near Lawrence (north 2)	80	207	49	50	27	22
Birding spot near Lawrence (Broken Arrow Park)	76	55	23	51	0	36
Birding spot near Eudora	59	60	18	32	21	6
Birding spot near Lawrence (north 3)	53	95	16	13	39	24
Birding spot near Lawrence (north 4)	52	87	21	39	0	2