Birding spots · Vermont

Best Birding Spots in Addison County, Vermont

Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area (west) leads Addison County's birding spots with 189 species reported, best in spring. 72 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
Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area (west)	189	1,505	39	155	111	113
McCuen Slang Wildlife Management Area	167	1,076	37	111	82	125
Lower Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area	160	1,322	66	135	89	62
Whitney/Hospital Creek Wildlife Management Area	159	667	19	103	74	147
Little Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area	156	640	35	138	90	82
Little Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area (Goose Creek)	148	598	20	117	96	58
Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area (northwest 2)	148	530	13	68	103	105
Button Bay State Park	142	444	60	90	82	91
Dead Creek	125	337	21	44	81	91
Chimney Point	124	1,924	77	92	43	83
Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area (north)	124	551	20	56	86	94
Little Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area (East Slang Creek)	120	596	37	105	47	25
Otter View Park	116	853	39	98	69	82
Cornwall Swamp Wildlife Management Area	112	207	25	80	77	68
Bristol Pond Access	111	481	1	97	66	25
Moosalamoo National Recreation Area	111	394	13	68	87	70
Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area (northwest 3)	111	178	16	66	60	59
Little Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area (Lewis Creek)	110	148	3	93	39	37
Holcomb Slang Creek	105	503	12	45	75	82
Long Point	105	274	46	68	56	43
Kingsland Bay	103	280	37	80	57	48
Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area (West Branch Dead Creek)	102	204	9	60	59	49
Vergennes Watershed	102	168	0	99	63	24
Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area	101	1,848	48	67	52	68
Oven Point	100	820	55	70	25	73
Cornwall Swamp Wildlife Management Area (southeast)	100	117	0	82	58	6
Otter Creek Swamps	99	254	7	89	59	33
Spaulding Bay	95	322	51	74	7	63
Kingsland Bay (Ecole Champlain)	93	252	35	56	52	38
Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area (northwest)	92	1,067	35	55	28	60
D.A.R. State Park	90	424	58	35	29	58
Fort Ticonderoga Association	90	117	12	76	48	30
Charlotte Southeast Hill	85	170	20	70	57	32
Bristol Pond	79	172	12	57	55	15
Snake Mountain Wildlife Management Area	78	114	11	62	40	34
Branbury State Park	77	104	3	63	35	20
Rockville	75	85	12	63	32	22
Stony Cove	74	209	16	20	23	55
East Creek Wildlife Management Area	74	146	3	64	51	18
Chipman Hill	74	100	17	74	1	0
Potash Bay	73	335	38	50	4	49
Vergennes Watershed (north)	73	50	5	68	26	8
Lapham Bay	72	258	30	39	6	59
East Shoreham	72	99	0	42	65	1
Snake Mountain South	71	54	1	61	50	0
Lake Dunmore	70	132	17	49	37	23
Powerhouse Property	63	351	24	48	32	14
Silver Lake (Dutton Brook)	62	60	0	34	46	21
Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area (north)	61	160	16	27	18	36
Button Bay State Park (Ship Point)	61	77	23	34	15	24