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Best Birding Spots in Lake County, Montana

Pablo Reservoir leads Lake County's birding spots with 181 species reported, best in summer. 29 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
Pablo Reservoir	181	791	39	133	147	136
Ninepipe Reservoir	170	1,128	49	123	124	126
Kicking Horse Reservoir	146	661	36	97	95	108
Ducharme Fishing Access Site	117	354	52	63	40	79
Lake Mary Ronan State Park	115	151	22	63	63	71
Ninepipe Wildlife Management Area (west)	110	193	28	75	79	60
Swan River National Wildlife Refuge	102	206	0	68	81	13
Horte Reservoir	94	69	3	66	49	46
Ninepipe Wildlife Management Area	89	197	23	66	51	27
Dayton Creek	87	166	48	54	17	48
Mission Reservoir	87	71	3	41	57	20
Swan River National Wildlife Refuge (Spring Creek)	79	56	13	46	52	2
Lake County Waterfowl Production Area of Mt	78	148	1	39	64	42
Moiese	73	112	33	48	40	22
Flathead Lake/Big Arm State Park	71	158	28	47	38	33
Boettcher Park	67	136	22	39	24	37
Flathead Lake/West Shore State Park	66	113	5	26	51	13
Flathead Lake/Yellow Bay State Park	66	110	7	17	48	23
Flathead Lake/Wild Horse Island State Park	58	58	3	23	48	19
Swan River State Forest	55	58	0	14	51	6
Salish Point Park	50	170	19	11	8	38
Flathead Lake/Finley Point State Park	49	64	1	26	28	11
Blue Bay	24	81	23	0	0	1
Birding spot near Kerr	97	88	6	62	61	27
Birding spot near Old Agency	83	165	33	45	50	24
Birding spot near St. Ignatius	79	82	34	53	0	30
Birding spot near Old Agency (Moiese)	70	85	15	36	44	12
Birding spot near Pablo	56	52	0	39	22	17
Birding spot near Kerr (east)	29	55	23	10	0	4