Birding spots · Michigan

Best Birding Spots in Ingham County, Michigan

Bunker Nature Preserve leads Ingham County's birding spots with 158 species reported, best in fall. 65 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
Bunker Nature Preserve	158	688	22	99	94	117
Fenner Nature Center	157	3,382	48	145	96	122
Lake Lansing Park North	156	1,468	41	137	82	99
Ewers Lake	154	860	33	142	91	67
New Community Park	141	718	52	114	76	98
Lake Lansing	138	1,671	65	125	44	86
Meridian Riverfront Park	135	901	38	122	73	101
Crego Park (Sycamore Creek)	123	333	31	111	36	65
Scott Woods Park	121	640	36	114	61	56
Municipal Park	121	533	24	86	59	97
Burchfield Park and Nature Area	117	350	7	97	61	91
Crego Park	114	400	40	107	40	43
Nancy Moore Park	111	354	35	98	68	56
Bancroft Park	107	212	3	104	44	24
Tollgate Wetlands	104	595	26	91	36	67
Baldwin Park	102	180	9	94	58	10
Abbot Road Park	100	468	31	89	53	53
Potter Park	99	485	46	77	40	41
Meridian Riverfront Park (Sloan Creek)	99	419	35	91	49	51
McNamara Canoe Landing	94	141	32	61	60	44
Hawk Island Park	93	181	22	77	55	34
Lake O'The Hills	86	458	44	71	41	58
Meridian Road Park	86	135	20	62	37	52
Burchfield Park and Nature Area (north)	85	121	25	67	60	23
Hartrick Park	83	213	29	72	50	49
Nancy Moore Park (Okemos)	82	163	24	68	50	30
Sander Property	79	154	30	64	44	48
Grand River Gale Road State Game Area	79	138	10	57	54	41
Sycamore Golf Course	78	265	43	60	37	34
Sanford Natural Area	74	293	19	57	23	45
Maple Grove Park	74	117	26	65	51	38
Mud Lake (north)	70	198	36	25	48	5
Moores Park	67	355	46	42	30	19
Michigan State University Horticulture Gardens	66	294	25	48	25	42
Burcham Park	64	227	25	51	30	45
Valhalla Park	62	94	16	54	25	19
W. J. Beal Botanical Garden	61	231	15	48	26	34
Meridian Riverfront Park (northeast)	56	53	0	52	22	9
Albert A. White Memorial Park	51	105	21	46	30	22
Shubel Park	49	51	27	32	4	4
Adado Riverfront Park	48	80	14	34	28	15
Boynton Riverfront Park	38	71	38	0	0	0
W. J. Beal Botanical Garden (East Lansing)	30	90	12	23	10	16
Birding spot near Haslett	161	1,567	36	135	90	121
Birding spot near Holt	148	1,012	45	109	82	111
Birding spot near East Lansing	115	251	32	86	51	91
Birding spot near Mason	114	407	30	100	62	25
Birding spot near Mason (south)	109	243	21	84	74	56
Birding spot near Dansville	96	262	7	64	65	50
Birding spot near East Lansing (south)	88	231	25	84	20	35