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Best Birding Spots in Alger County, Michigan

Au Train River leads Alger County's birding spots with 137 species reported, best in spring. 25 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
Au Train River	137	2,633	3	90	89	83
Two Lakes	136	418	5	84	105	68
Au Train Lake	118	372	8	75	66	61
Anna River	107	385	15	45	72	65
Two Lakes (Sand Point)	95	102	3	68	58	33
Buck Bay	89	122	0	62	70	25
Au Train Basin State Wildlife Management Area	87	106	0	61	81	0
Cox Pond	82	166	0	48	51	36
Miners Castle Point	75	199	0	47	57	20
Bay Shore Park	63	345	22	27	29	36
Munising	63	140	18	17	30	32
Kingston Lake	60	95	0	21	49	10
Forest Lake Campground and Picnic Area	60	70	0	11	32	39
Chapel Lake	55	73	0	21	49	14
Hurricane River	54	59	0	23	34	14
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore	49	78	0	18	39	6
Miners River	49	76	0	26	35	12
Sable Falls	47	74	0	13	36	4
Sullivans Landing	47	73	0	33	32	2
Miners Falls	46	118	0	32	39	9
Munising Falls	30	79	2	9	18	10
Birding spot near Chatham (southeast)	132	110	0	81	121	9
Birding spot near Chatham	129	374	0	69	86	65
Birding spot near Grand Marais	119	201	4	61	74	43
Birding spot near Chatham (southwest)	114	176	2	51	79	56