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Best Birding Spots in Prince George's County, Maryland

Redington Lake leads Prince George's County's birding spots with 211 species reported, best in fall. 86 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
Redington Lake	211	5,556	100	177	111	178
Lake Artemesia	203	6,051	111	182	96	155
Piscataway Park	200	1,885	104	166	117	151
Schoolhouse Pond	183	2,059	93	152	96	130
Jug Bay	181	994	77	154	93	124
Putuxent River Park	168	1,168	58	142	97	128
Bryan Point	167	1,047	93	129	71	127
Hance Pond	163	331	74	151	85	102
Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm	160	465	76	117	83	128
Mount Calvert Historic Site	158	442	84	124	77	97
Merkle Nrma	157	330	65	131	88	102
Greenbelt Park	155	2,893	81	140	71	112
Comar Manor	155	1,279	65	110	87	103
Piscataway Park (Bryan Point)	153	578	88	120	88	84
Fort Washington Park	151	628	75	124	64	109
House Creek	146	342	74	115	83	92
Bladensburg Dueling Grounds	145	951	79	108	76	105
Piscataway Park (Mockley Point)	138	307	82	100	84	75
Magruder Park	137	334	66	121	55	72
Putuxent River Park (Horsepen Branch)	137	321	46	117	81	83
T. Howard Duckett Watershed	136	674	57	119	81	102
Merkle Nrma (Old House Creek)	136	306	57	112	81	84
Patuxent River Park (Jug Bay)	130	170	49	98	82	72
Paint Branch Park	124	419	53	110	55	71
Howard County Property - North Laurel	121	589	57	100	68	100
Merkle Nrma (southeast)	119	173	47	94	68	76
Magruder Park (North Brentwood)	119	150	52	79	81	63
Putuxent River Park (Abington Cove)	116	97	46	89	60	62
House Creek (Selbys Landing)	113	145	44	76	48	67
Greenbelt Park (Berwyn Heights)	112	743	41	97	50	90
Clinton Regional Park Lake	112	141	28	95	61	65
Fort Foote Park	107	111	16	90	51	61
Lake Artemesia (Lakeland)	105	462	47	86	50	64
Piscataway Park (Tantallon Hills)	104	123	60	77	23	56
Bladensburg Dueling Grounds (Colmar Manor)	102	190	37	92	45	41
Northway Stream	101	365	38	73	53	77
Prince George's Equestrian Center	100	211	75	68	15	37
Harmony Hall	100	54	44	59	40	47
Riverdale Recreation Center	96	120	24	73	37	68
Piscataway Park (Calvert Manor)	94	248	69	47	18	61
Piscataway Park (Fort Washington)	90	232	47	62	29	51
Cheltenham Community Park	90	84	0	76	58	34
T. Howard Duckett Watershed (Rocky Gorge Estates)	89	212	26	69	64	44
Fairland Recreational Park	87	265	39	71	52	58
Deitz Park	86	72	0	86	0	0
Milltown Landing Nrma	84	55	50	36	46	32
Laurel Lake Park	83	443	42	66	55	53
Sligo Creek	82	233	29	63	50	44
University Park Town Park	80	132	11	70	32	30
Rosaryville Sp	77	65	12	55	37	30