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Best Birding Spots in Portage County, Ohio

Pine Lake leads Portage County's birding spots with 164 species reported, best in spring. 52 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
Pine Lake	164	2,123	56	151	106	136
Tinkers Creek Lake	155	901	52	144	72	88
Mogadore Reservoir	153	508	70	139	83	100
Novack Audubon Sanctuary Nature Preserve	141	322	32	134	65	56
West Branch State Park	134	393	25	74	89	92
Goose Island	133	228	50	112	82	67
Aurora Sanctuary Nature Preserve	131	334	31	125	62	58
Gressard Lake	130	430	39	100	77	79
J. Arthur Herrick Fen Fee	129	305	34	116	61	54
Wingfoot Lake	127	326	54	112	68	63
Towner's Woods	123	313	37	114	63	45
Mogadore Reservoir (Hilltown (historical))	123	282	56	99	53	44
Eagle Creek State Nature Preserve	116	254	31	103	52	59
Wingfoot Wildlife Area	116	226	37	100	53	48
Michael J. Kirwan Reservoir	116	110	24	62	75	51
Mogadore Reservoir (southeast)	108	226	33	99	58	39
Berlin Lake Wildlife Area	103	86	16	95	67	38
Aurora Wetlands	96	195	30	87	29	50
West Branch State Park (Hickory Island)	96	178	48	49	44	54
Silver Creek Bay	95	155	40	59	47	41
Sunny Lake	94	197	38	80	50	40
Kent Bog	92	354	21	84	44	41
Former Aurora Country Club	92	250	29	69	58	51
West Branch State Park (Wayland)	91	71	34	80	35	30
Deer Creek Reservoir (west)	90	138	37	30	54	39
Little Muzzy Lake	88	172	21	76	55	27
Fred Fuller Park	83	119	36	74	42	19
Michael J Kirwan Reservoir	83	75	23	51	47	18
May 4 Memorial	79	383	21	68	37	28
Lake Rockwell (Lake George)	71	79	22	49	10	28
Sunny Lake (north)	69	56	22	50	15	40
Berlin Lake (west)	68	64	25	38	26	10
Michael J Kirwan Reservoir (Goose Island)	68	53	18	38	25	6
Dix Park	67	74	30	50	38	22
Lake Rockwell	65	132	36	49	0	30
Sunny Lake (east)	59	55	31	37	11	28
Twin Lakes	58	79	14	47	24	18
Spring Hill	58	58	25	42	12	5
Jessie Smith Wildlife Preserve	55	72	17	49	27	18
John Brown Tannery Park	53	93	15	47	34	16
Lake Rockwell (Lake Pippen)	51	81	24	43	0	8
Franklin Mills Riveredge Park	38	54	11	28	20	1
Birding spot near Lake Milton	181	1,022	73	153	98	153
Birding spot near Brimfield	139	199	46	130	49	50
Birding spot near Kent	137	688	41	120	73	71
Birding spot near Mantua (north)	110	110	17	99	54	28
Birding spot near Aurora	89	205	32	82	26	37
Birding spot near Mantua	86	116	24	65	56	28
Birding spot near Kent (Breakneck Creek)	85	249	22	76	48	36
Birding spot near Kent (northwest)	53	77	10	51	3	0