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Best Birding Spots in Scott County, Minnesota

Louisville Swamp leads Scott County's birding spots with 196 species reported, best in spring. 28 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
Louisville Swamp	196	562	22	170	124	138
Murphy Lake (Krenz Lake)	178	893	24	164	122	102
Murphy Lake (southwest)	164	296	20	148	106	88
Blue Lake (north)	162	555	50	118	87	110
Blue Lake	158	1,338	72	94	82	118
Fisher Lake	157	563	55	116	81	97
Murphy - Hanrehan Park Reserve	154	504	2	148	98	73
Murphy-Hanrehan	154	428	20	124	97	107
Cleary Lake	151	239	17	134	74	79
Shakopee Wayside Park	147	1,639	55	111	70	84
Murphy Lake	144	920	8	136	104	65
Spring Lake Regional Park	127	257	20	109	69	36
Marsh State Wildlife Management Area	123	435	6	97	61	68
Spring Lake	120	384	33	90	21	87
Krenz Lake	117	126	0	112	59	15
Hidden Valley	104	162	19	95	11	47
Beason Lake	104	128	20	80	50	55
Murphy Lake (southwest 2)	94	106	0	75	65	27
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (Baden)	90	60	13	48	34	44
Rice Lake (Bluff Creek)	85	77	9	30	23	63
Murphy Lake (southwest 3)	85	54	4	55	31	24
Cedar Lake Farm Regional Park	79	66	0	58	16	30
Lakefront Park	73	50	3	59	27	16
Geis Lake	64	74	0	59	6	21
Raymond Park	64	56	12	15	18	37
Raguet State Wildlife Management Area	56	68	0	4	52	12
Birding spot near Shakopee	100	223	21	57	64	34
Birding spot near Credit River (Lennon Lake)	88	96	0	63	65	34