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Best Birding Spots in Kent County, Michigan

Millennium Park leads Kent County's birding spots with 206 species reported, best in spring. 108 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
Millennium Park	206	3,525	75	186	125	154
Reeds Lake	196	5,281	79	181	95	147
Roselle Park	176	2,211	60	156	116	127
Hodenpyl Woods	166	1,293	44	158	69	119
Reeds Lake (East Grand Rapids)	159	1,215	57	143	70	120
Huff Park	156	2,916	50	142	98	131
Ball Perkins	150	2,335	42	137	102	120
Pickerel Lake Fred Meijer Nature Preserve	149	710	35	116	82	103
Rogue River Park	139	575	29	105	86	91
Donald Lamoreaux Park	136	583	41	121	83	94
Blanford Nature Center	132	729	42	117	74	78
Saul Lake Nature Preserve	131	460	18	106	83	76
Millennium Park (east)	128	348	44	116	68	57
Dolan Nature Sanctuary	127	464	18	123	72	47
Mainstem Grand River-Leonard Fase Trust 1	120	624	16	116	81	66
Sunfish Lake	120	405	34	104	72	57
Plaster Creek Trail	118	1,094	34	108	60	57
Plaster Creek Family Park	109	565	38	92	52	74
Ken-O-Sha Park	108	597	25	106	43	46
East Paris Nature Park	105	437	26	84	54	54
Wabasis Park	105	157	21	81	57	46
Michael McGraw Park	105	147	34	62	54	73
Frederik Meijer Gardens	103	622	37	80	67	62
Luton Park	103	396	26	77	59	59
Millennium Park (Lake Sanford)	103	109	28	75	34	52
Wahlfield County Park	102	267	18	91	56	49
Paris Park	100	184	12	92	30	36
Seidman County Park	98	197	18	82	62	33
Millennium Park (east)	98	68	29	73	57	62
Riverside Park	97	313	44	64	52	42
Thornapple Riverbend Park	96	120	28	68	56	49
Versluis Park	95	752	56	75	18	43
Grand River Riverfront Park	92	193	29	67	61	54
Palmer Park	90	194	24	77	60	47
Long Lake Park	88	148	16	73	53	40
Seidman County Park (north)	88	116	14	73	46	26
Lemery Park	87	263	31	75	46	47
Coldwater River	87	159	28	75	51	33
Chrishaven Lake	87	149	16	76	48	20
Caledonia Lakeside County Park	87	100	16	76	38	29
Cannonsburg State Game Area	83	72	1	76	23	6
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park	82	387	28	70	20	49
Fallasberg Park	82	80	20	53	49	34
Millennium Park (Lake Leota)	81	75	27	59	54	43
Rogue River State Game Area	78	52	3	68	38	0
Riverside Park (Indian Mill Creek)	76	308	44	57	18	15
Richmond Park	76	241	23	65	39	24
Townsend Park	72	176	29	43	49	25
Tassell Park	71	478	50	42	31	24
Lincoln Lake	71	138	36	57	12	10