Birding spots · Michigan

Best Birding Spots in St. Clair County, Michigan

St. Johns Marsh State Wildlife Area leads St. Clair County's birding spots with 203 species reported, best in spring. 40 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
St. Johns Marsh State Wildlife Area	203	671	62	177	113	92
Algonac State Park	187	1,486	68	155	109	130
Port Huron State Game Area	157	863	14	151	103	41
Lighthouse Park	144	1,206	58	52	34	130
Lakeport State Park	134	380	35	104	39	70
St. Clair Flats State Wildlife Area	127	177	45	99	73	40
Harris Drain	104	209	14	94	26	58
East China Township Park	104	175	8	99	27	20
Stephen M. Polovich Memorial	96	59	21	81	66	22
Lakeport State Park (North Lakeport)	84	113	18	46	36	53
Black River	81	519	44	36	28	32
St. Clair Township State Game Area	77	156	20	57	51	26
Lakeside Park	74	312	35	29	0	61
Thomas Edison Park	71	504	40	22	15	40
Pine River Nature Center	70	57	8	52	34	13
Scotten Bay	67	80	33	53	21	0
Marysville Municipal Park	50	155	34	31	6	4
Lighthouse Park (southeast)	37	110	30	10	0	12
Palmer Park (St. Clair)	35	104	22	12	0	14
Pine Grove Park	34	78	28	6	2	11
Birding spot near Port Huron	190	815	45	157	101	141
Birding spot near Port Huron (Gardendale)	144	566	34	109	83	87
Birding spot near Lakeport	143	728	22	81	73	106
Birding spot near Richmond	128	217	32	101	78	80
Birding spot near St. Clair (Jordan Creek)	111	195	20	84	78	49
Birding spot near Lakeport (southeast)	101	71	6	63	30	76
Birding spot near Port Huron (Black River)	93	246	34	40	32	51
Birding spot near Ruby	81	59	0	70	45	0
Birding spot near St. Clair	79	203	3	47	46	33
Birding spot near St. Clair (Saint Clair Middle Ground)	69	102	21	62	5	11
Birding spot near Yale	64	88	0	23	48	24
Birding spot near Marysville	61	447	51	26	2	14
Birding spot near Marine City	61	250	24	49	1	21
Birding spot near Lakeport (east)	59	101	21	28	19	36
Birding spot near Marine City (southwest)	58	63	5	34	30	20
Birding spot near Marine City (north)	53	166	23	27	29	23
Birding spot near Marine City (Baird Drain)	51	84	20	35	11	6
Birding spot near Port Huron (southeast)	50	64	17	32	10	31
Birding spot near St. Clair (East Branch Jordan Creek)	45	87	21	25	31	10
Birding spot near Marine City (Belle River)	41	117	31	17	0	5