Birding spots · Pennsylvania

Best Birding Spots in Centre County, Pennsylvania

Foster Joseph Sayers Reservoir leads Centre County's birding spots with 214 species reported, best in spring. 124 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
Foster Joseph Sayers Reservoir	214	1,500	86	187	99	159
Haugh Family Farm	190	3,556	36	177	97	132
Colyer Lake	181	2,068	79	158	83	126
Bald Eagle State Park (northwest)	177	854	85	147	88	90
Bald Eagle State Park	170	1,543	68	139	82	104
Bald Eagle State Park (Bullit Run)	170	1,534	63	151	85	91
Bald Eagle State Park (southwest)	170	1,308	70	152	80	82
State Game Land 176	161	2,675	37	152	112	129
Haugh Family Farm (Scotia)	160	1,379	55	140	74	118
Black Moshannon State Park	156	589	29	143	91	74
Millbrook Marsh Nature Center	154	2,083	61	125	78	101
Bald Eagle State Park (Greens Run)	148	503	47	129	66	53
Penn State Arboretum	139	1,067	49	117	75	112
Foster Joseph Sayers Lake	138	1,268	77	107	62	64
Bald Eagle State Park (southwest)	138	99	34	128	0	25
Black Moshannon State Park (Black Moshannon Lake)	132	379	11	108	64	59
Steel Hollow	125	889	37	104	77	76
State Game Land 176 (south)	124	790	27	103	77	74
Thompsons Meadow (Thompson Run)	124	680	36	96	57	87
Bald Eagle State Park (northeast)	122	909	63	104	20	67
Thompsons Meadow	121	1,337	71	94	48	53
State Game Land 176 (northeast)	121	424	39	113	56	62
Foster Joseph Sayers Lake (east)	118	393	28	89	60	65
Musser Gap	117	324	41	106	65	41
Bear Meadows Natural Area	115	489	22	101	79	68
State Game Land 333 (west)	110	231	46	86	61	68
Fairbrook	109	783	45	85	56	56
State Game Land 333	109	396	46	92	68	61
Bald Eagle State Park (Hunters Run)	109	248	41	76	44	61
Bald Eagle State Park (east)	108	317	52	60	42	57
Lederer Park	107	715	38	101	51	56
Penn State Arboretum (east)	106	698	36	76	54	66
Psu Whitehall Road Acquisition	102	442	46	76	60	68
Forked Spring	102	428	40	83	65	59
State Game Land 100	97	138	4	84	55	19
Penn State Arboretum (Krumrine)	96	79	22	55	39	70
Bald Eagle State Park (west)	93	343	48	72	33	29
Benner Spring State Fish Hatchery	93	269	45	66	39	49
Bald Eagle State Park (northeast 2)	93	172	25	61	48	31
State Game Land 176 (south 2)	92	172	10	77	39	38
Pine Grove Mills	91	1,135	30	77	55	58
Rothrock State Forest	90	863	29	82	50	54
Unionville Playground	90	212	12	85	49	0
Sunset Park	90	189	20	82	39	69
Galbraith Gap Run	89	183	34	64	50	61
Bald Eagle State Park (northeast 3)	88	86	28	61	43	39
Stan Yoder Memorial Preserve	87	308	25	56	51	54
Tom Tudek Memorial Park	86	306	28	67	50	56
Walnut Springs Park	84	303	37	63	45	40
Blue Spring Park	84	151	25	51	41	57