Birding spots · Vermont

Best Birding Spots in Rutland County, Vermont

Helen W. Buckner Memorial Preserve at Bald Mountain leads Rutland County's birding spots with 150 species reported, best in spring. 61 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
Helen W. Buckner Memorial Preserve at Bald Mountain	150	714	37	133	103	69
Danby Pond	150	551	23	132	101	110
Bomoseen State Park	122	685	49	106	52	90
Kent Pond	120	571	5	86	67	74
Coggman Pond	117	278	31	102	83	47
Neshobe Island	116	1,203	55	93	43	64
Lefferts Pond	115	371	2	85	100	85
Northwood Park	102	302	25	70	65	61
Lake Ninevah	99	275	9	78	77	43
Quimby Brook	94	201	0	68	72	45
Southern Lake Champlain Valley Preserve	94	179	10	69	70	27
Bomoseen State Park (Black Pond)	92	272	6	64	77	56
Lake St. Catherine State Park	86	129	18	57	56	55
Lake Hortonia	81	89	6	20	62	35
Marsh Pond Wildlife Management Area	80	103	0	58	61	32
Benson Landing	79	201	18	58	40	39
Tinmouth Channel Wildlife Management Area	79	91	0	57	59	19
Wells Town Forest	77	77	5	70	40	39
Loves Marsh Wildlife Management Area	76	219	5	61	31	42
Breese Pond	74	153	3	63	34	27
Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area	72	56	5	40	37	37
Pine Hill Park	71	90	11	55	35	26
Taconic Mountains Ramble	70	65	0	46	59	21
Chittenden Reservoir	68	117	1	26	55	23
Bomoseen State Park (Halfmoon Lake)	68	58	0	36	51	16
Crystal Beach	67	291	23	49	26	38
Wallingford Town Forest	67	84	0	42	44	4
Glen Lake	66	78	3	27	51	6
Beebe Pond	61	70	10	43	37	28
Strong Swamp	60	117	0	33	32	30
Okemo State Forest	59	94	3	27	48	4
Aitken State Forest	56	90	0	47	42	16
Appalachian National Scenic Trail	55	82	2	26	40	19
Bird Mountain Wildlife Management Area	55	54	0	52	30	0
Gifford Woods State Park	44	62	0	20	35	6
Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area	41	65	0	21	35	9
Burr Pond	39	53	7	13	0	23
Birding spot near West Rutland	154	1,580	38	146	112	87
Birding spot near Pittsford	135	412	45	102	77	94
Birding spot near Brandon	115	350	31	97	73	71
Birding spot near Poultney (south)	107	234	25	85	74	68
Birding spot near West Rutland (northwest)	106	440	20	94	86	46
Birding spot near Pittsford (northwest)	104	159	0	56	65	69
Birding spot near West Pawlet	101	169	31	92	53	38
Birding spot near Poultney	100	235	26	82	76	48
Birding spot near Poultney (southwest)	96	167	23	79	67	43
Birding spot near West Rutland (north)	95	125	0	89	51	1
Birding spot near Castleton	91	115	27	76	38	44
Birding spot near Castleton Four Corners	90	251	9	66	34	51
Birding spot near Pittsford (Little Brook)	87	136	22	51	66	45