Birding spots · Michigan

Best Birding Spots in Barry County, Michigan

Stage Coach Park leads Barry County's birding spots with 163 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
Stage Coach Park	163	1,301	60	146	101	103
Brewster Lake	157	856	40	128	90	99
Otis Lake	140	655	24	119	91	68
Charlton Park	133	660	48	100	76	90
Otis Sanctuary	132	543	19	116	94	42
Gun Lake	126	465	44	99	52	86
Barry State Game Area (Tyden Creek)	108	271	10	96	68	54
Horseshoe Lake	104	205	19	65	67	44
Hidden Pond	99	208	19	66	68	41
Ellis Lake	98	292	18	83	70	37
Nature Preserve	95	218	19	78	63	55
Dagget Lake	87	69	0	80	28	3
Ronald Warner Nature Sanctuary	84	206	15	65	61	43
Deep Lake	84	115	7	60	60	20
Baker Lake	83	109	15	62	49	17
Gun Lake (Hastings Point)	81	88	15	38	56	27
Thornapple Lake	77	287	25	68	23	35
Irving	76	231	38	62	35	9
Jordon Lake Access	73	256	43	53	11	39
Edger Waterfowl Production Area	72	79	13	57	42	23
Hall Lake	70	76	0	43	38	29
Barry State Game Area (Turner Lake)	68	82	18	15	32	38
Middleville State Game Area	68	70	9	39	35	37
Cobb Lake	64	300	0	36	48	31
Mud Lake (Metcalf Lake)	61	271	42	56	0	26
Williams Lake	61	60	0	27	50	18
Mud Lake (west)	57	64	0	36	46	0
Barry State Game Area	55	394	35	49	20	33
Barry State Game Area (southeast)	55	58	2	41	44	0
Fine Lake	54	96	14	39	4	30
Carter Lake	54	77	27	39	18	12
Chief Noonday Lake	52	76	8	34	23	21
Tamarack Lake (Fine Lake)	49	52	0	29	39	0
Lux Arbor Reserve	45	63	4	26	24	23
Woodlawn Preserve	41	83	20	11	0	25
Birding spot near Nashville (northwest)	100	118	8	90	47	43
Birding spot near Hastings (2)	96	300	26	75	53	54
Birding spot near Nashville	92	212	0	66	65	6
Birding spot near Nashville (Morgan)	89	75	11	64	36	49
Birding spot near Middleville	78	74	18	65	42	15
Birding spot near Hastings (Cedar Creek)	75	135	33	39	42	50
Birding spot near Hastings (Butler Creek)	72	76	18	54	27	41
Birding spot near Lake Odessa	71	107	17	35	47	38
Birding spot near Hastings (northwest)	64	125	9	49	45	26
Birding spot near Hastings (north)	37	70	0	25	14	20