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Best Birding Spots in Lancaster County, Nebraska

Pawnee Lake leads Lancaster County's birding spots with 219 species reported, best in spring. 55 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
Pawnee Lake	219	1,270	83	204	79	133
Branched Oak State Recreation Area	219	1,199	94	183	96	156
Marsh Wren	217	1,817	52	195	120	166
Conestoga Lake	214	1,224	81	186	101	156
Salt Lake	210	2,553	59	187	120	169
Holmes Lake	198	2,319	67	179	78	140
Stagecoach Lake	197	937	64	174	90	141
Wagon Train Lake	197	753	50	169	110	113
Bluestem Lake	177	337	34	159	83	78
Oak Lake	161	682	31	141	45	66
Yankee Hill Lake	156	381	48	133	63	62
Pioneers	151	690	55	133	83	85
Wilderness Park (south)	143	425	26	129	49	96
Jack Sinn Memorial Wildlife Management Area (North Fork Rock Creek)	140	228	27	105	93	38
Pioneers Park Nature Center	139	456	48	120	69	71
Salt Lake (west)	133	805	61	99	41	103
Wilderness Park	131	465	27	125	41	54
Wagon Train Lake (north)	129	149	11	102	64	56
Wilderness Park (south 2)	126	293	32	111	51	83
Little Salt Fork Marsh Site Fee	124	181	19	91	37	80
Hedgefield Wildlife Management Area	123	244	20	100	56	55
Jack Sinn Memorial Wildlife Management Area	121	236	33	94	66	35
Olive Creek Lake	120	99	23	84	71	32
Wilderness Park (south 3)	118	125	14	97	37	77
Wilderness Park (Haines Branch)	116	309	21	102	48	69
Salt Creek Reservoir 17-A	115	114	10	101	56	38
Wilderness Park (Beal Slough)	107	217	21	99	40	45
Tierra/Briarhurst	107	210	25	98	31	61
Wilderness Park (Cardwell Branch)	107	189	28	98	50	33
Maxwell Arboretum	103	330	34	78	20	65
Wildwood Lake	103	90	24	68	25	46
Wilderness Park (Saltillo)	93	150	23	75	40	50
Mahoney	90	108	26	71	38	46
Salt Creek Reservoir 25-A	89	81	13	77	29	10
Murdock Trail Corridor	89	72	13	74	50	22
Tractor Testing Track	87	242	26	74	31	55
Stevens Creek Park Conservation Area	87	69	22	73	9	29
Bobcat Prairie	87	58	12	50	31	56
Killdeer Wildlife Management Area	86	78	7	64	41	18
Broyhill Fountain	80	523	22	61	23	42
Whitehead Saline Wetland	69	102	22	40	27	13
Oak Lake (Woodlawn Estates)	69	78	15	48	31	35
Antelope South	63	247	16	49	29	35
Van Dorn	52	55	5	37	25	24
Rock Island Trail Corridor	43	58	19	27	7	22
Lincoln Statue	17	82	6	13	10	2
Birding spot near Denton	190	1,916	51	168	93	126
Birding spot near Davey	139	386	26	121	85	68
Birding spot near Lincoln	121	299	39	100	35	75
Birding spot near Waverly	96	76	14	50	53	52