Birding spots · Michigan

Best Birding Spots in Kalamazoo County, Michigan

Asylum Lake leads Kalamazoo County's birding spots with 168 species reported, best in spring. 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
Asylum Lake	168	1,262	55	147	100	122
Wintergreen Lake	167	1,452	70	138	85	127
River Oaks County Park	162	662	59	129	87	100
Klienstuck Preserve	158	2,273	45	156	73	87
Gull Lake	149	1,132	74	110	57	101
Cold Brook County Park	140	305	41	108	76	77
Prairie View County Park	138	266	37	117	69	68
Rowe Island	136	456	42	81	83	75
Atwater Millpond	133	463	50	113	74	91
Kalamazoo Nature Center	130	414	36	113	64	60
West Lake Nature Preserve	129	384	34	119	64	60
Bonnie Castle Lake	121	315	24	101	68	69
Portage Creek Bicentennial Park	120	474	40	108	70	58
Chipman Preserve	108	265	26	88	66	45
Duck Lake (west)	107	434	25	83	78	48
Kellogg Forest	106	274	43	87	58	56
Scotts Mill County Park	103	173	28	63	66	71
Miller Lake	102	877	79	64	20	67
Kalamazoo Nature Center (northwest)	101	154	15	40	45	88
Spring Valley Park	101	128	33	72	51	55
Wolf Tree Nature Trails	96	261	16	75	59	59
Bishops Bog Preserve	95	169	22	78	66	51
Kalamazoo Nature Center (Spring Brook)	94	159	13	73	62	23
Markin Glen Park	88	161	38	69	58	43
Bow in the Clouds	88	135	28	62	56	56
Hogset Lake	85	73	17	70	43	7
Grassy Lake	84	375	13	70	51	34
Sherman Lake	77	248	47	49	12	22
Gull Lake (Highland Park)	77	155	48	50	13	45
Justin's Marsh	75	219	24	62	16	47
Grassy Lake (Highland Park)	75	103	20	61	34	36
Eliason Nature Reserve	71	76	10	64	38	23
Upjohn Park	67	290	30	54	36	31
Grassy Lake (Miller Lake)	66	87	42	28	0	49
Austin Lake	64	92	19	55	0	27
Three Lakes	63	88	0	41	50	34
Wintergreen Lake (Midland Park)	60	94	30	38	0	31
Three Lakes (east)	58	68	27	46	15	3
Kimble Lake	56	62	17	33	27	1
Monarch Millpond	53	111	26	36	32	23
Woods Lake Beach	49	70	7	37	25	5
Comstock	44	57	16	8	24	22
West Lake	41	73	11	35	0	10
Birding spot near Augusta	186	2,062	62	172	126	132
Birding spot near Vicksburg	140	738	48	130	65	85
Birding spot near Mendon	117	489	45	98	81	40
Birding spot near Parchment	107	198	48	83	54	57
Birding spot near Comstock Northwest	103	109	33	79	51	51
Birding spot near Portage	90	375	40	70	50	62
Birding spot near Westwood	90	97	13	79	15	56