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Best Birding Spots in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Bender Park leads Milwaukee County's birding spots with 216 species reported, best in spring. 195 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
Bender Park	216	1,388	59	189	128	151
Warnimont Park	214	2,226	46	200	117	147
Lake Park	212	3,271	44	198	104	143
Grant Park	205	1,876	65	181	84	130
Schlitz Audubon Center	204	4,351	59	188	125	155
Whitnall Park	203	6,089	62	183	120	151
McKinley Park (southwest)	196	1,184	56	151	70	142
Sheridan Park	191	1,266	30	184	94	129
Lake Park (southeast)	186	1,366	37	153	42	129
Estabrook Park	184	3,253	65	167	101	130
Grant Park (Oak Creek)	173	1,087	41	140	81	88
Lakeshore State Park	172	2,503	62	111	56	134
McKinley Park	172	1,700	43	129	65	111
Havenwoods Forest Preserve and Nature Center	165	1,148	48	148	91	106
Doctors Park	160	634	40	142	54	101
Grobschmidt Park	159	706	26	140	78	80
Veterans Park	158	837	14	127	67	110
Nature Preserve	157	875	26	151	46	88
Whitnall Park (north)	156	790	44	149	60	70
Bradford Beach	155	1,397	45	114	42	90
Washington Park	154	984	33	140	77	112
Riverside Park	152	1,153	41	133	87	106
Lake Park (2)	151	1,014	14	146	60	92
Root River Parkway	149	655	36	139	60	37
Sheridan Park (south)	149	349	22	136	68	109
Lincoln Park	148	472	38	130	70	77
Warnimont Park (north)	148	251	22	136	54	58
Green Field Park	145	1,655	40	134	75	89
Humboldt Park	145	919	25	138	56	63
Lake Park (3)	143	201	5	124	63	95
County Grounds Park	137	816	41	120	71	70
Grant Park (northwest)	136	383	31	126	56	75
Lake Park (south)	135	602	22	125	52	87
Wilson Park	135	307	22	127	50	54
Kletzsch Park	133	400	41	124	43	71
Oak Creek Parkway	128	370	30	107	57	27
Warnimont Park (south)	126	300	14	116	65	92
Whitnall Park (northeast)	124	535	21	118	49	54
Seminary Woods St. Francis	123	530	29	116	37	62
Root River Parks	122	325	31	113	61	41
Bay View Park	122	268	34	94	53	40
South Shore Park	121	1,486	65	82	36	58
Scout Lake Park	120	428	20	109	42	73
Bender Park (west)	120	160	18	91	66	77
Hartung Park	119	285	16	116	32	42
Seminary Woods	119	222	1	101	62	41
Warnimont Park (north)	118	171	2	113	34	22
Three Bridges Park	117	398	33	99	55	67
Little Menomonee River Parkway	117	129	20	76	76	65
Root River Parkway (north)	116	196	27	99	54	64