Birding spots · Vermont

Best Birding Spots in Franklin County, Vermont

Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge leads Franklin County's birding spots with 160 species reported, best in spring. 33 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
Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge	160	1,121	31	148	101	85
Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge (Hog Island)	152	966	30	135	88	51
Charcoal Creek	142	868	18	119	100	79
Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge (Black Creek)	142	577	19	126	84	74
Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge (southeast)	130	306	16	114	73	40
Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge (Cripple Brush Creek)	122	165	8	97	84	36
Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge (Mudgett Island)	119	285	17	82	83	68
Maquam	118	344	6	53	59	82
Lake Carmi State Park	118	215	11	98	69	47
Rock River Wildlife Management Area	112	244	0	95	73	12
Goose Bay	111	213	13	32	75	90
Arrowhead Mountain Lake (southwest)	110	180	0	73	94	46
Fairfield Swamp Wildlife Management Area	108	288	0	87	88	8
Silver Lake	105	311	19	86	70	56
St. Albans Town Beach	99	539	19	43	62	57
Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge (northeast)	98	420	10	68	66	38
Arrowhead Mountain Lake	98	262	15	92	53	34
Shad Island Rna	94	113	0	0	59	70
Black Creek Wildlife Management Area	90	501	0	65	46	43
Burton Island State Park	89	227	19	53	48	49
Aldis Hill Park	82	140	8	66	40	46
Long Marsh Bay	79	125	0	0	59	70
Lake Carmi	73	105	0	43	23	33
Hog Island	72	250	12	60	34	4
Enosburg Town Forest	63	136	4	60	19	2
Burton Island State Park (Eagle Bay)	58	53	0	10	55	0
Metcalf Pond	57	85	0	21	44	1
Popasquash Island	36	66	1	28	13	4
Saint Albans Bay SP	36	58	14	31	0	3
Swanton	25	68	1	4	8	15
Birding spot near Swanton	100	348	0	91	73	0
Birding spot near Enosburg Falls	64	161	8	56	0	19
Birding spot near Alburgh	45	86	2	31	18	2