Birding spots · Michigan

Best Birding Spots in Washtenaw County, Michigan

Chelsea State Game Area leads Washtenaw County's birding spots with 216 species reported, best in spring. 195 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
Chelsea State Game Area	216	2,399	71	178	126	175
Independence Lake County Park	183	1,547	63	161	82	136
North Bay Park	182	2,958	81	167	87	121
Arboretum Nature Area	176	6,118	71	162	115	139
Matthaei Botanical Gardens	176	3,412	63	154	124	150
Furstenberg Nature Area	174	2,552	71	159	91	111
Lefurge Woods Nature Preserve	167	1,187	45	140	86	105
Mary Beth Doyle Park	164	2,493	58	146	99	119
Crooked Lake	164	536	52	133	89	115
Gallup Park	162	3,028	82	142	84	104
Dolph Nature Area	157	2,011	32	155	67	76
Barton Nature Area	155	1,216	57	134	76	92
Whitmore Lake Preserve	153	336	37	120	89	98
Devine Preserve	149	862	41	135	76	91
Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy Preserve	146	1,157	39	122	94	71
Watkins Lake (Thorn Lake)	145	393	41	115	90	97
Thurston Nature Area	143	1,608	43	123	70	90
Hudson Mills Metropark	143	1,136	47	130	92	110
Cherry Hill Nature Preserve	141	980	22	111	111	117
Pierce Lake Golf Course and Park	141	890	48	98	64	114
Sullivan Lake	141	513	22	138	70	35
West Lake Perserve	141	355	26	111	76	78
Waterworks Park	140	1,330	66	125	67	54
South Pond Nature Area	137	1,241	41	116	85	74
Lefurge Woods Nature Preserve (Crippen Drain)	137	781	61	98	71	76
Gallup Park (northwest)	137	640	65	117	60	58
Eberwhite Woods	135	1,385	39	129	76	97
Trinkle Marsh at Easton Farm Preserve	135	1,299	40	111	80	94
Oakwoods Nature Area	134	1,443	40	116	80	110
Nan Weston Preserve at Sharon Hollow	132	309	25	119	69	36
Barton Pond	131	1,449	62	105	48	86
Hewen's Creek Park	131	432	47	111	58	73
Sharon Hills County Park	130	476	32	106	94	65
Leonard Preserve	129	267	33	94	76	75
Rolling Hills County Park	128	693	31	118	75	44
Cedar Lake	127	526	37	104	56	65
Nelson Meade County Farm Park	125	854	35	107	61	81
Kosch Headwaters Preserve	124	416	35	104	74	71
Losee Lake	124	239	25	110	57	52
Burns-Stokes Preserve	120	327	47	101	57	72
Lillie Park	118	317	23	108	61	52
Park Lyndon	117	487	24	104	76	47
Mill Lake	117	336	16	103	69	47
Black Pond Woods Nature Area	115	385	28	92	64	82
North Hydro Park	114	467	61	94	62	55
Saginaw Forest	114	283	38	97	47	58
Greenview Park	109	507	30	83	56	87
Argo Nature Area	109	386	42	94	55	44
Meyer Perserve West	109	276	29	81	51	49
Braun	109	167	11	100	49	40