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Best Birding Spots in Douglas County, Nebraska

Glenn Cunningham Lake leads Douglas County's birding spots with 197 species reported, best in spring. 34 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
Glenn Cunningham Lake	197	754	64	174	74	138
Flanagan Lake & Recreation Area	179	1,089	59	145	89	127
Towl Park	165	1,437	38	155	71	109
Standing Bear Reservoir	162	424	52	137	57	87
Lake Forest Park	156	1,397	56	139	67	102
Two Rivers State Recreation Area	150	436	61	119	67	87
N. P. Dodge Memorial Park	149	371	42	129	63	65
Boettger Creek	147	290	20	126	41	69
Zorinsky Lake	134	299	43	104	50	71
Walnut Grove Park	125	516	15	123	43	66
Glacier Creek Preserve	125	291	23	89	57	84
Newport Landing Lake	123	248	36	102	52	81
Fontenelle Forest Association Local Resource Management Area (Jungbluth Reservoir)	122	339	33	104	71	59
Mercer Park	119	696	19	100	48	89
Fontenelle Park	116	323	31	86	39	67
Wiebe Reservoir	110	196	27	88	59	49
Levi Carter Park	106	371	58	92	28	45
Lauritzen Gardens	104	317	26	93	56	45
Hummel Park	103	181	27	97	51	27
Elmwood Park	101	238	26	90	34	59
Northwest Park	95	174	25	81	39	39
Hanscom Park	85	133	12	78	33	29
Lawrence Youngman Lake Park	81	107	18	65	17	22
Newport Landing Lake (east)	75	206	26	61	0	48
Riverview Park	69	238	11	56	34	30
Newport Landing Lake (Bennington Creek)	52	52	0	36	33	0
Pioneer Courage Park	48	101	5	28	8	31
Memorial Park	42	51	16	36	8	9
Field Club	40	50	21	30	6	14
Birding spot near Waterloo	110	174	1	91	53	20
Birding spot near Carter Lake	72	162	39	45	35	42
Birding spot near Carter Lake (Omaha)	61	130	11	41	22	23
Birding spot near Boys Town	49	182	36	28	12	27
Birding spot near Carter Lake (The Narrows)	33	94	16	23	15	1