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Best Birding Spots in Burnett County, Wisconsin

Whiskey Creek Flowage leads Burnett County's birding spots with 177 species reported, best in spring. 18 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
Whiskey Creek Flowage	177	763	7	158	93	77
Upper Phantom Flowage	165	393	13	126	98	65
Canute Creek Flowage	152	316	0	125	82	44
Canute Creek Flowage (Daniels Flowage)	131	291	0	98	72	48
Hay Creek Flowage	116	202	6	104	53	27
Dike 4 Flowage	112	282	4	76	67	43
Memory Lake 152	101	238	0	98	34	7
Rice Lake	88	105	1	62	48	16
Namekagon Barrens Wildlife Area	87	130	0	67	41	3
Governor Knowles State Forest	84	87	3	70	43	11
Upper North Fork Flowage	78	108	4	45	43	13
Dike 1 Flowage	76	133	1	49	44	22
Logging Creek Flowage 6	76	78	1	57	31	7
Fish Lake Wildlife Area	75	58	0	45	56	9
North Fork Flowage	73	86	1	51	42	15
Erickson Flowage	69	56	0	44	19	3
Dike 1 Flowage (north)	60	64	0	16	43	2
Memory Lake 152 (Grantsburg)	36	111	6	33	2	0