Birding spots · Michigan

Best Birding Spots in Wayne County, Michigan

Lake Erie Metropark leads Wayne County's birding spots with 232 species reported, best in fall. 68 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
Lake Erie Metropark	232	4,141	105	199	135	206
Belle Isle	214	2,412	100	182	106	170
Crosswinds Marsh County Park	197	1,662	76	178	102	130
Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge	196	1,571	88	157	96	140
Lake Erie Metropark (Silver Creek)	185	1,235	80	157	91	133
Oakwoods Metropark	184	1,124	69	164	102	108
Elizabeth Park	161	771	68	117	82	101
Willow Metropark	161	517	38	140	72	102
Quarry Lake	156	406	50	127	72	88
Maybury State Park	155	1,103	40	134	90	88
Lake Erie Metropark (Cherry Island)	155	696	53	86	53	134
Hines Parkway	151	1,762	48	143	71	100
Lower Huron Metropark	138	597	48	126	78	70
Rouge Park	132	504	36	118	73	55
Hines Parkway (Nankin Lake)	129	738	33	121	55	76
Eliza Howell	125	479	30	102	80	88
Inkster Valley Golf Course	123	330	15	113	45	64
Township Park	117	459	22	85	82	59
Susterka Lake	101	614	61	82	45	56
Hines Parkway (Newburgh Lake)	98	309	27	81	47	49
Alfred Brush Ford	91	91	25	64	8	56
Callahan	90	280	23	74	39	65
Haas Park	90	277	30	60	43	72
Tricentennial State Park and Harbor	89	296	22	58	34	48
Millman Island	88	274	42	56	40	39
Palmer	85	133	19	82	44	15
Lions Park (Asmey Drain)	82	54	0	82	0	0
Matthew Patterson Park	75	78	22	46	30	33
Cass Benton Parkway	73	373	26	52	43	44
Meyer Ellias Park	73	107	51	21	28	32
Hines Parkway (Plymouth)	71	91	7	61	16	21
Township Park (north)	67	129	9	58	35	32
Hines Parkway (Lower River Rouge)	66	50	8	57	19	2
Heritage Park (Taylor Center)	65	72	13	57	12	15
Balduck	63	161	24	45	28	40
Municipal Pier	63	81	27	45	21	16
Dingell Park	61	326	46	29	3	16
Cass Benton Parkway (Phoenix Lake)	58	99	5	40	19	25
Van Buren Park	58	53	23	40	0	12
Gibraltar	57	135	40	26	0	18
Harmonie	56	181	8	25	7	48
Ford Field Park	56	110	0	43	33	30
Rawson Drain	55	99	0	17	38	35
William P Holliday Forest & Wildlife Preserve	55	51	2	40	13	10
Bishop Park	51	145	36	21	1	1
Hines Parkway (Tonquish Creek)	51	59	8	42	25	9
Gabriel Richard	50	71	23	24	3	21
Quarry Lake (Swan Island)	47	65	18	14	24	17
Sutliff and Kenope Drain	43	65	3	41	1	2
Bell Creek Nature Preserve	41	96	20	28	24	30