Birding spots · Ohio

Best Birding Spots in Pickaway County, Ohio

Deer Creek Recreation Area leads Pickaway County's birding spots with 170 species reported, best in fall. 20 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
Deer Creek Recreation Area	170	625	60	115	87	120
Stages Pond Dedicated Nature Preserve	145	341	45	115	75	101
Deer Creek Recreation Area (south)	143	341	30	104	84	82
Slate Run Metropark	140	350	57	109	85	76
Slate Run Metropark (east)	124	266	45	112	80	41
A W Marion State Park	124	170	27	112	63	67
Clark Run Lake	120	157	36	85	59	39
Deer Creek Recreation Area (Georges Run)	112	85	46	80	31	39
Deer Creek Lake (southeast)	93	115	33	40	16	56
Deer Creek Recreation Area (Crownover Mill)	91	109	34	61	45	33
Deer Creek Lake (Georges Run)	85	119	52	66	0	40
Slate Run Metropark (Marcy)	85	86	28	77	48	23
Mary Virginia Crites Hannan Park	82	106	17	68	49	16
Mackey Ford Wildlife Area	59	51	5	25	49	12
Birding spot near New Holland	203	421	51	154	121	158
Birding spot near Logan Elm Village (north)	104	175	34	80	49	53
Birding spot near Orient	87	154	27	58	57	37
Birding spot near Logan Elm Village	78	258	39	41	52	13
Birding spot near Logan Elm Village (Pickaway Plains)	50	83	13	36	34	0
Birding spot near Commercial Point	39	72	17	19	0	25