Birding spots · Minnesota

Best Birding Spots in Cook County, Minnesota

Grand Marais Harbor (East Bay) leads Cook County's birding spots with 168 species reported, best in fall. 30 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
Grand Marais Harbor (East Bay)	168	708	33	101	51	120
Grand Marais Harbor	162	964	42	102	77	115
East Bay (Grand Marais)	140	486	37	59	53	96
East Bay	139	570	17	77	80	103
Taconite Harbor (historical)	128	631	9	68	46	95
Sugarloaf Point State Scientific and Natural Area	112	337	6	76	63	68
Oberg Lake	90	275	3	56	77	26
Poplar River	89	215	1	28	40	60
Temperance River State Park	82	274	8	43	56	43
Cascade River State Park	75	165	5	26	53	39
Superior National Forest	75	123	6	43	48	32
Grand Portage National Monument	75	104	0	22	54	39
Judge C. R. Magney State Park	71	180	3	45	56	38
Croftville	56	94	2	16	11	44
Lonely Lake	53	87	11	18	28	26
Grand Marais Harbor (west)	53	51	4	7	40	18
Schroeder	52	74	0	12	15	26
Grand Marais Harbor (northwest)	50	92	31	14	7	30
Cascade Falls	49	86	1	17	31	10
Paradise Beach	46	58	1	16	23	14
Gull Lake	46	58	0	1	37	14
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Mining Protection Area Mineral Reserve Area	42	57	3	5	29	13
Good Harbor Bay	39	124	10	6	6	23
Birding spot near Lutsen (Eagle Mountain)	119	173	0	81	72	54
Birding spot near Grand Marais (Grand Portage Bay)	115	147	0	78	53	67
Birding spot near Grand Marais	89	209	4	48	67	34
Birding spot near Lutsen (Tofte)	75	138	2	45	42	36
Birding spot near Lutsen (Rollins Creek)	69	174	1	24	32	46
Birding spot near Lutsen	65	221	0	5	56	31
Birding spot near Grand Marais (Mount Rose)	43	60	0	5	25	23