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Best Birding Spots in Jefferson County, Wisconsin

Lake Mills Wildlife Area leads Jefferson County's birding spots with 216 species reported, best in spring. 54 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
Lake Mills Wildlife Area	216	1,592	75	201	137	144
Dorothy Cranes Park	189	938	25	180	101	97
Koshkonong Wildlife Area	170	585	21	88	120	121
County Park	166	796	46	126	69	115
Glacial Drumlin State Trail	166	346	48	150	78	117
Rose Lake	152	231	23	128	76	78
Stinkers Bay	133	307	1	81	71	98
Glacial Drumlin State Trail (east)	132	220	27	108	75	80
Princes Point Wildlife Area	122	92	1	112	50	14
Spring Lake 38	120	223	13	112	60	19
Kettle Moraine State Forest-Southern Unit (southwest)	115	286	30	93	63	58
Rock Lake (Lake Mills)	115	193	25	108	30	24
Tyranena Park	112	314	28	110	29	45
Glacial Drumlin State Trail (Mud Lake)	109	202	33	84	45	39
Kettle Moraine State Forest-Southern Unit (southwest 4)	108	187	4	102	47	3
Aztalan State Park	101	176	22	71	64	59
Sandy Beach Park	95	317	48	62	17	71
Glacial Drumlin State Trail (Kroghville)	95	51	14	95	4	4
Rome Pond	92	165	11	72	50	18
Bark River Nature Park	92	99	22	82	48	43
Rock Lake	88	354	50	67	0	59
Kettle Moraine State Forest-Southern Unit (southwest 5)	88	153	34	45	55	39
Mud Lake (east)	86	108	30	63	41	32
Perch Lake	84	282	41	78	6	22
Kettle Moraine State Forest-Southern Unit (southwest 6)	84	87	0	75	56	7
Tivoli Island	83	159	26	70	29	24
County Park (Rock Lake)	81	114	33	60	0	47
Scattered Wildlife - Sd	79	80	20	58	9	35
Kettle Moraine State Forest-Southern Unit (southwest 7)	79	56	0	67	55	0
Dr. Js Garman Nature Preserve	78	109	18	72	39	16
Lake District Preserve	77	57	0	30	47	46
Lake Ripley	75	109	26	28	22	49
Haumerson Pond	73	67	19	59	10	1
Rock River Park	70	58	13	43	40	29
Red Cedar Lake	70	51	0	51	13	23
Waterloo Wildlife Area	68	60	18	47	43	11
County Park (northeast)	65	190	29	40	26	47
Deer Creek	65	75	0	65	7	0
Mud Lake (Blackhawk Island)	61	66	21	51	3	1
Burnt River Park	56	66	1	43	26	0
Spring Lake 38 (Palmyra)	52	53	11	37	0	10
1074 Reservoir	34	58	13	27	0	0
Birding spot near Hebron	182	613	31	142	98	135
Birding spot near Palmyra	146	337	10	138	76	51
Birding spot near Lake Mills (southwest)	134	306	29	115	87	37
Birding spot near Lake Mills	110	355	32	81	67	51
Birding spot near Edgerton	102	178	30	64	1	76
Birding spot near Waterloo	95	103	34	78	29	2
Birding spot near Lake Mills (southwest)	94	50	3	18	5	87
Birding spot near Lake Koshkonong	90	165	17	46	20	71