Birding spots · Michigan

Best Birding Spots in Macomb County, Michigan

Metro Beach Metropark leads Macomb County's birding spots with 256 species reported, best in spring. 47 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
Metro Beach Metropark	256	11,771	101	234	178	214
Stony Creek Metropark	200	1,613	61	181	104	127
Stony Creek Lake	199	1,604	76	174	91	136
Wetzel Recreation Area	184	1,155	54	154	118	92
Fords Cove	166	855	52	154	61	104
Campau Bay	163	3,326	91	109	68	117
Wolcott Mill Metropark	159	1,130	54	123	90	95
Thorington Lake	156	482	46	134	83	53
River Bend Township Park	132	560	50	114	57	69
Sterling Heights Nature Center	128	795	42	127	44	55
Joseph J. Delia Jr. Park	127	686	27	109	57	84
Wolcott Mill Metropark (Ray Center)	125	214	35	87	73	71
Wolcott Mill Metropark (Wolcott Mills)	119	321	43	95	74	75
Farmstead Park	117	221	16	113	23	18
Clinton	115	253	39	109	26	56
Dodge Park	114	190	23	106	36	27
Northbrook Golf Club	104	339	31	78	60	58
Chesterfield Township State Game Area	102	278	34	82	53	20
Red Run Park	99	138	29	78	49	44
Tomlinson Park	91	1,085	25	72	55	51
Ruedisale Point Park	89	313	36	57	14	60
River Bend Township Park (southeast)	85	121	24	74	35	30
Crittenden Drain	81	331	11	37	67	37
Walter & Mary Burke Park	70	418	41	33	14	48
Brandenburg Park	68	271	45	41	5	38
Proposed Park	67	226	7	35	51	32
River Bend Township Park (southeast)	67	115	15	60	33	17
Proposed Park (Pingle Drain)	66	83	10	60	17	13
Thorington Lake (east)	65	136	22	45	48	10
William Tucker County Park	61	175	35	44	18	18
Lakeside Island Park	54	249	14	42	25	18
Veterans Memorial Park (Tebo Drain)	54	121	26	30	29	21
Wilcox Warnes	44	121	24	25	5	12
Canal Park	44	64	21	39	3	20
Gazebo Park	21	169	10	16	13	4
Birding spot near New Haven	131	914	43	112	78	32
Birding spot near Mount Clemens (Hafel Drain)	112	238	26	98	55	57
Birding spot near Romeo	82	235	14	43	66	35
Birding spot near New Haven (southwest)	80	368	19	24	55	47
Birding spot near Romeo (Wyman Drain)	78	158	11	63	27	26
Birding spot near Warren	74	382	25	59	35	37
Birding spot near New Haven (East Branch Coon Creek)	72	87	2	42	34	49
Birding spot near Mount Clemens (Tucker Jones Drain)	69	361	39	47	18	31
Birding spot near Mount Clemens (Wacker Drain)	68	224	13	56	45	9
Birding spot near New Haven (east)	62	82	32	28	40	7
Birding spot near Romeo (north)	49	77	0	30	44	0
Birding spot near Utica	37	236	8	19	18	23