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Best Birding Spots in Flathead County, Montana

Flathead County Waterfowl Production Area leads Flathead County's birding spots with 135 species reported, best in fall. 79 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
Flathead County Waterfowl Production Area	135	143	46	49	62	96
Riverwood Park	133	342	35	101	101	62
Smith Lake	130	210	0	88	113	46
Flathead Lake/Wayfarers State Park	126	635	54	98	53	66
Owen Sowerwine State Natural Area	120	398	53	89	78	54
Jessup Mill Pond	109	273	44	75	77	40
Glacier National Park (Snyder Creek)	106	333	12	53	62	40
Lake Blaine	105	125	25	61	62	70
Foy Lake	100	328	31	35	58	79
Glacier National Park (southwest)	100	281	16	48	73	33
Glacier National Park (west)	100	131	0	40	89	17
Glacier National Park (Christensen Meadows)	99	128	0	21	96	12
North Shore Flathead Lake Wildlife Management Area	94	179	27	57	29	32
Glacier National Park (southwest 2)	90	210	9	52	80	28
Somers (Invitation Island)	88	64	0	74	46	34
Polebridge	86	159	0	48	57	14
Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge	86	70	0	51	52	24
Glacier National Park (McGee Meadow)	81	173	0	41	71	7
Somers	80	92	8	44	34	38
Reeds Slough	77	158	0	45	59	43
Lone Pine State Park	74	242	21	53	55	25
Avalanche Lake	73	338	0	32	67	26
Lawrence park	73	129	19	48	37	30
Wileys Slough	72	106	14	46	39	30
Riverside Park (Whitefish)	71	151	24	25	56	19
Glacier National Park (Howe Creek)	70	81	0	8	64	5
Glacier National Park (Apgar)	69	167	10	39	50	3
Church Slough	67	164	13	58	4	4
Dry Bridge Park	67	116	23	51	44	23
Glacier National Park (northwest)	66	129	3	29	60	22
Johns Lake	65	221	1	37	57	7
Bigfork Harbor	65	108	13	28	51	23
Badrock Canyon	64	118	0	53	43	1
Glacier National Park (southwest 5)	63	102	4	23	11	40
Glacier National Park (southwest 3)	62	207	0	30	53	13
Glacier National Park (Fish Creek)	62	173	0	28	57	9
Monks Bay	61	125	2	31	53	9
Picnic Lakes	58	135	0	0	38	51
Glacier National Park (southwest 4)	58	113	0	27	51	12
Lion Lake	57	72	0	41	36	1
Glacier National Park (west)	56	230	0	17	52	12
Lake McDonald	56	61	0	14	34	3
Glacier National Park (Bowman Lake)	55	62	0	15	47	18
McWenneger Slough	52	73	0	43	11	7
Glacier National Park (northwest)	51	56	3	0	45	4
Glacier National Park (Avalanche Creek)	50	139	0	27	46	3
Woodland Park	49	106	6	27	37	21
City Beach	46	61	10	7	29	20
Alpha Creek	44	51	0	6	33	2
Glacier National Park (Hidden Lake)	41	101	0	0	31	17