Birding spots · Michigan

Best Birding Spots in Oakland County, Michigan

Wildwing Lake (east) leads Oakland County's birding spots with 200 species reported, best in spring. 98 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
Wildwing Lake (east)	200	4,585	87	176	118	159
Robert H. Long Park	191	5,994	57	169	109	151
Indian Springs Metropark	168	1,712	42	159	106	118
Heritage Park	166	4,532	62	157	114	128
Watkins Lake (Drayton Plains)	161	1,094	46	132	101	127
Wildwing Lake (northeast)	160	1,430	66	138	90	129
Stony Creek Metropark (West Branch Stony Creek)	152	333	57	119	68	83
George Suarez Friendship Woods	151	4,678	34	145	72	100
Moss Lake	150	845	56	130	95	77
Orion Oaks County Park	141	650	41	114	77	78
Cranberry Lake	139	367	23	119	70	93
Pontiac Lake State Recreation Area	137	368	21	100	75	82
Dodge #4 State Park	136	506	72	106	51	83
Lower Long Lake	135	1,777	54	127	69	95
Highland State Recreation Area	134	259	19	100	83	76
Independence Oaks County Park	131	604	36	109	71	74
Esler Lake	131	420	26	106	77	76
Walled Lake	130	1,326	59	101	36	93
Riverbend Park	123	320	21	98	64	74
Bear Creek Nature Park	121	443	29	96	66	84
Addison Oaks County Park	120	287	33	90	69	67
Kensington Metropark	120	261	52	85	42	67
Seven Lakes State Park	119	478	33	92	70	63
Graham Lakes	117	236	25	103	66	33
R & S Sharf Golf Course	115	245	21	102	48	71
Haven Hill Lake	115	197	11	100	61	66
Dawsons Millpond Beaudette Park	113	945	65	90	14	34
Woodland Hills	111	398	21	87	62	78
Fagan Lake	108	351	46	74	63	58
Troy Farm Park	106	550	32	96	52	50
West Bloomfield Nature Preserve	106	271	29	91	55	43
Kirby Lake	105	213	16	89	64	49
McGinnis Lake	105	196	26	94	62	36
Rice Lake	104	328	24	96	49	43
Kensington Metropark (south)	104	167	48	83	47	65
Morris Lake	103	132	17	88	60	68
Quickstad Park	97	258	14	94	24	17
Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve	95	234	17	82	47	49
Twin Lakes	94	164	27	80	56	50
Cranbrook Lake	94	160	17	86	32	45
Island Lake Recreation Area	94	119	28	72	50	21
Bloomer Park	93	105	14	80	53	32
Lakeshore Park	92	294	22	76	59	56
Carus Lake	90	473	20	73	63	32
Charles Ilsley Park	90	152	18	73	60	46
Lower Trout Lake	90	128	33	70	42	17
Proud Lake State Recreation Area	90	113	10	61	71	25
Douglas Evans Preserve	89	191	11	79	35	16
Orchard Lake Nature Sanctuary	85	112	7	72	28	33
Sugden Lake	85	107	0	64	10	61